Scenes from Provincial Life: A Novel
by William Cooper [pseud. Harry S. Hoff]
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1950. Very Good/Very Good. London: Jonathan Cape, [1950]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in red dust jacket retaining original price; 270pp. Moderate wear to jacket extremities, spine very slightly cocked and sunned, old tape repair at spine end versos, endpapers foxed, else a Very Good, sound copy.
The first novel to introduce Harry S. Hoff under his better-known pseudonym William Cooper.
The first novel to introduce Harry S. Hoff under his better-known pseudonym William Cooper.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28325
- Title
- Scenes from Provincial Life: A Novel
- Author
- William Cooper [pseud. Harry S. Hoff]
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1950
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....
- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...