Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1941. Octavo. vii, 289 pp; b/w illustrations by Virginia Grilley. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, jacket lightly chipped at top & bottom of lightly sunned spine. Signed by author on special Nantucket Edition page - review taped to opposite page.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Virginia Grilley.

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Bookseller: Carnegie Hill Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 008277
Title: AN ISLAND PATCHWORK
Author: Early, Eleanor [Signed]
Illustrator: Virginia Grilley
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1941
Keywords: Nantucket Island Massachusetts Travel
Bookseller catalogs: Travel; New England;

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Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
VG/VG: Very Good Condition book with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used book that does show some...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...