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PALE HORSE, PALE RIDER THREE SHORT NOVELS
by Porter, Katherine Anne
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Livonia, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Modern Library. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1939. First Modern Library Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ; Red cloth cover has modest wear to corners and spine caps but clean and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Former owner's name on front end sheet. A newspaper photo clipping tipped on verso half title page. Inscribed and signed by author on half title page. Pages are lightly toned but clean and near pristine. Dust jacket is chipped at top and bottom of spine panel with light soiling but bright and in good+ condition. Publisher's price of $1.25 On DJ flap. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ); Signed by Author .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12254
- Title
- PALE HORSE, PALE RIDER THREE SHORT NOVELS
- Author
- Porter, Katherine Anne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Modern Library Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Date Published
- 1939
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2020
Livonia, Michigan
About Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- New
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- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
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