Place Called Estherville
by Caldwell, Erskine
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Small chip to ffep, light wear and fading to board extremities, light staining to lower front board, very good in good only dust
- Seller
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Denver, Colorado, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1949. First edition, first printing. Small chip to ffep, light wear and fading to board extremities, light staining to lower front board, very good in good only dust jacket with chipping to edges and two full splits at front flap crease and spine, in mylar cover.. Inscribed by the author.
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- Bookseller
- The Hermitage Bookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 212551
- Title
- Place Called Estherville
- Author
- Caldwell, Erskine
- Book Condition
- Used - Small chip to ffep, light wear and fading to board extremities, light staining to lower front board, very good in good only dust
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first printing
- Publisher
- Duell, Sloan and Pearce
- Date Published
- 1949
Terms of Sale
The Hermitage Bookshop
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About the Seller
The Hermitage Bookshop
Biblio member since 2006
Denver, Colorado
About The Hermitage Bookshop
The Hermitage Bookshop was established in 1973 and has been under one owner since its inception. We are a full service rare and used bookshop and our stock is limited to hardbacks in excellent condition. We have been a member of both the ABAA and ILAB since 1980.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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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