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MIRAGE
by William H Kofoed
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no Dust Jacket
- Seller
-
Delaware, Ohio, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: R. J. Shores. Good with no Dust Jacket. 1917. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Red cloth hardcovers with gilt lettering front and spine. Spine is darkend/ tanned. Covers are very lightly soiled. Edges and turns with light wear and rubbing. Front hinge is very lightly cracking. Previous owner's name pencil inscribed top of front end page. Pages are clean and are light vanilla in tone. No dust jacket. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Reading Well Bookstore
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4701
- Title
- MIRAGE
- Author
- William H Kofoed
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no Dust Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- R. J. Shores
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1917
- Keywords
- Fiction, LITERATURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
The Reading Well Bookstore
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
The Reading Well Bookstore
Biblio member since 2020
Delaware, Ohio
About The Reading Well Bookstore
The Reading Well Bookstore is an online only business offering good to excellent condition books that are used, vintage, and antiquarian.
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.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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