Kabloona
by Poncins, Gontran de
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Reynal & Hitchcock, inc, 1941. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. A Good copy. NO DUSTJACKET. Book has shelfwear, edgewear, bumped corners, smudges & stains on the edges of the text block, rubbing to covers, a slightly cocked spine, toning to pages, former owner's name in ink on decorated front endpaper, and the frontispiece is loosely held though still attached.
Synopsis
"This is an extraordinary book. Ostensibly a study of Eskimo life, it is actually a study of the Stone Age mind. There is nothing in or out of print quite like it, and it is not probable that anything like it will ever be written again."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 605544
- Title
- Kabloona
- Author
- Poncins, Gontran de
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Reynal & Hitchcock, inc
- Date Published
- 1941
- Keywords
- WHAR.936, , , , , , , ,
Terms of Sale
Arundel Books of Seattle
7-day return only if not as described (you must notify us immediately on upon receipt of any problem). We pack carefully.
About the Seller
Arundel Books of Seattle
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Seattle, Washington
About Arundel Books of Seattle
Arundel Books stunning new store is located in Seattle's historic Pioneer Square, and has an eclectic stock that will satisfy both the avid reader and discriminating collector.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.