Twilight Sleep; New Year's Day; The Spark
by Wharton, Edith
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1927. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. E. C. Caswell. An offering of three Wharton works: 1) Twilight Sleep - purple cloth covered boards with gilt text/decorations on spine and front panel, illustrated ep's. 373 pp. plus ads. Book has faded spine, slightly worn corners and spine ends. Book is tight and square with no inscriptions. The next two books constitute half of the decade series and express life in Old New York during the Sixties and Seventies. 2) The Spark (The Sixties), 1924. !st Edition, 4th printing. 109 pp. 3) New Year's Day (The Seventies), 1924, 1st Edition,3rd printing, 160pp. Both 2) and 3) are blue cloth covered with paste downs on spine and front, very good, 7 1/2" X 5 1/4". The three books together weigh 2 1/2 lb. and may incur extra shipping costs. Bookseller's Inventory # 220536.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lower Beverley Better Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000536
- Title
- Twilight Sleep; New Year's Day; The Spark
- Author
- Wharton, Edith
- Illustrator
- E. C. Caswell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 3rd Printing
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1927
- Pages
- 813
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Terms of Sale
Lower Beverley Better Books
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About the Seller
Lower Beverley Better Books
Biblio member since 2014
Lyndhurst, Ontario
About Lower Beverley Better Books
An online bookstore that just grew from a combination of a love of books, a desire to save them from landfill and an inability to bypass yard sales. A considerable percentage of my inventory is signed editions. I also take pride in my Canadiana catalogue.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....