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The Old Copper Collar
by Cushman, Dan
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fair/poor
- Seller
-
Pittsburg, Kansas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Ballantine Books, 1957. First Edition. Cloth. Fair/poor. Octavo, pp. [8], 3-188. Unstated first edition. Signed by the author front fly-leaf (no inscription). Taupe cloth-covered boards with gilt accents; bumped boards and a little discoloration on spine. Firm binding; no loose pages. Tanned edges and pages, plus some small stains on bottom edge. Dust jacket with rubbing, chips and tears, plus loss at bottom back. Dust jacket now encased in a clear, protective cover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Wayside Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11025
- Title
- The Old Copper Collar
- Author
- Cushman, Dan
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
Terms of Sale
Wayside Books
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Most books are mailed in cardboard boxes, with protection for the book and padding to avoid damage en route. Some paperback books shipped within the US may be mailed in bubble envelopes.
About the Seller
Wayside Books
Biblio member since 2021
Pittsburg, Kansas
About Wayside Books
Wayside Books LLC is owned by Dianne and Steven Cox, currently operating their online store in Southeast Kansas. We have honed our rare book skills at the Rare Books School at the University of Virginia and the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar. We sell modern first editions and collectible fiction, as well as children's books and non-fiction books, with an emphasis on history, politics, social sciences, and the arts.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Fly-Leaf
- ...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
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