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THE LOVELY AMBITION
by Mary Ellen Chase
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good/good +
- Seller
-
Blue Hill, Maine, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: W. W. Norton, 1960. first edition as stated. Hardcover. Very good/good +. 6 x 9 in. Cloth boards. Inscribed by Chase on ffep. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers clean, minimal shelf wear. BInding tight. PO's bookplate on front pastedown, text spotless. DJ is GOOD+ ; a few minor spots, closed tear along lower front flap, a few chips. Fic. Stax.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52911
- Title
- THE LOVELY AMBITION
- Author
- Mary Ellen Chase
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition as stated
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1960
Terms of Sale
Andre Strong Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Andre Strong Bookseller
Biblio member since 2008
Blue Hill, Maine
About Andre Strong Bookseller
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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