The Mountebank
by Locke, William J
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good+ Dust Jacket
- Seller
-
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
John Lane, 1921-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+ Dust Jacket. Very good hardcover in good+ dust jacket. First edition 1921 John Lane Co. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; boards, text also very good. Light shelfwear, rubbing to edges of green cloth boards. Clown picture printed on boards in great shape. Dust jacket fully intact, browned somewhat with minimal edgewear. DJ depicts clown looking into mirror. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book House in Dinkytown
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 189367
- Title
- The Mountebank
- Author
- Locke, William J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good+ Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John Lane
- Date Published
- 1921-01-01
- Weight
- 1.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
The Book House in Dinkytown
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About the Seller
The Book House in Dinkytown
Biblio member since 2015
Minneapolis, Minnesota
About The Book House in Dinkytown
Used books bought and sold, classics and collectibles in all fields. In Dinkytown since 1976.
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...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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