The Single Hound
by May Sarton
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Houghton Mifflin, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. First edition (no additional printings indicated). Binding firm but with a modest spine lean, very light rubbing to the corners and spine ends, offsetting to the endpapers from newspaper clippings, dampstain to the right edge of the title page. The dustjacket is not price-clipped, some stains verso, shallow chipping at the spine ends with some loss affecting the names of the author and publisher. on the front free endpaper Sarton has signed and noted 'Weyland/March 11, 1939'.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dunaway Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 263813
- Title
- The Single Hound
- Author
- May Sarton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Date Published
- 1938
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Dunaway Books
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Saint Louis, Missouri
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Glossary
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- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.