Lost Island.
by Hall, James Norman
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown, 1944.. 8vo. 212 pp. Very Good, Green Decorative Cloth with sun-fading, minor stains, rubbing, & edge wear; head & tail of spine scuffed; spine slanted; shelf wear. Provenance: John Ruyle; his bookplate & signature on FEP. First Edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alan Wofsy Fine Arts (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15-3815
- Title
- Lost Island.
- Author
- Hall, James Norman
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Boston: Little, Brown, 1944.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature & Linguistics;
Terms of Sale
Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
Payment by credit cards or other means. 20% charge for returns,unless item is misdescribed.
About the Seller
Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
Biblio member since 2006
San Francisco, California
About Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
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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.
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...