The Proselyte
by ERTZ, Susan
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1933. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20cm.); publisher's cloth in blue pictorial dust jacket; [6],359pp. Jacket spine and upper panel a bit sunned, cloth spine gilt dulled, else Very Good and sound overall. Historical novel recounting the experiences of an Englishwoman who marries a Mormon missionary and moves with him to Utah.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37459
- Title
- The Proselyte
- Author
- ERTZ, Susan
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- D. Appleton-Century Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
- Mormonism Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Utah
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Women; Great Britain;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- 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....
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...