JOHN CORNELIUS: HIS LIFE AND ADVENTURES (1st edition/association copy)
by Hugh Walpole
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- BIOGRAPHY Very Good No Jacket
- Seller
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El Paso, Texas, United States
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About This Item
1937. 1st Edition. Hardcover. BIOGRAPHY Very Good No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First Edition, green cloth covers with gilt printing to the spine. Gift inscription on front end paper (from brother of Earl Crain). Light stain on page fore-edge vertically.O/w clean and nice copy. Provenance and association: This item was purchased at the estate sale of Agnes Crain, daughter or Earl T. Crain and his wife. Earl was a diplomat for the USA and served around the world. He served many US Presidents. See the reproduction of the estate sale classified ad also.
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- Bookseller
- The Sun Also Rises (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000967
- Title
- JOHN CORNELIUS: HIS LIFE AND ADVENTURES (1st edition/association copy)
- Author
- Hugh Walpole
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - BIOGRAPHY Very Good No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Date Published
- 1937
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
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The Sun Also Rises
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About The Sun Also Rises
I have been selling on the nternet since 1997. As the store name indicates, I am a Hemingway fan, but I also have interest in the Old West, Christian books, classic,
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...