The Popular Book: a history of America's literary taste
by Hart, James D
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Spray, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Oxford University Press, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Dark blue linen weave cloth, with silver and red lettering to front cover and spine. Half-toning to front paste-down where once might have been a newspaper article. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, moderately worn and with some tape-repair thereto, price-clipped, protected by a plastic coat. Stated First Edition, an octavo with 16 black-and-white illustrations and bibliographic checklist items galore. Discussions of Dickens, Doyle, Grey, Lewis, Steinbeck, Twain and others. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. 351 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 356082
- Title
- The Popular Book: a history of America's literary taste
- Author
- Hart, James D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1950
- Size
- 8vo 8" - 9" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- James D. Hart popular book bibliography
Terms of Sale
Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A.
Thank you for your purchase. In addition to the fact that you can make purchases through biblio.com by the usual means of credit cards (e.g., Visa, Mastercard, and American Express), we are more than happy to arrange payment by means of check, bank draft, and PayPal. Dealers may ask for terms, absolutely.
About the Seller
Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A.
Biblio member since 2005
Spray, Oregon
About Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A.
Occasionally rare, frequently scarce, always fine, or is that Fine? Structure, Verses, Agency Books specializes in the fine arts (painting, the decorative arts, photography, sculpture, Jewish art and artists, art history, art movements), but also carries fine antiquarian tomes, works in the French language, Western Americana, poetry, the social sciences, and some modern first editions. We also selectively purchase books and collections thereof. We also offer appraisals and advice about library-building. We also offer a book-of-the-month club, called Once Upon a Tome. Ask about a subscription thereto. Thanks!
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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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....