THE SLEEPING CAR AND OTHER FARCES
by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Crockett, California, United States
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About This Item
BOSTON, MASSACHUSSETTS, U.S.A.: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN AND COMPANY, 1911. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. OTHER CONTENTS: THE PARLOR-CAR, THE SLEEPING-CAR, THE REGISTER, THE ELEVATOR. COPYRIGHT 1876, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1889, 1904, 1911. 212pp. BOOK DESCRIPTION: RED CLOTH HARDBOUND, GILT GOLD STAMPED/EMBOSSED TITLE/PUBLISHER ON SPINE COVER AND FRONT BOARD WITH STAMPED/EMBOSSED SIGNATURE OF AUTHOR IN LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER. DIMENSIONS: 7 1/2" x 5 1/4" x 1 1/4". CONDITION: VERY GOOD+, GENTLY BUMPED SPINE COVER CROWN/HEEL, GENTLY BUMPED UPPER FRONT BOARD WITH SMALL INDENT,INSIDE FRONT BOARD PAPER WITH LIGHT PRICING NOTES IN PENCIL UPPER FRONT TOP RIGHT CORNER BOARD PAGE AND LIST OF 14 NAMES ON REAR BOARD PAGE IN PENCIL, LIGHT SPOTTING OF UPPER LEAF EDGE, TEXT PAGES BRIGHT AND CLEAN, STRONG SPINE. VERY NICE BOOK.
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- Bookseller
- De Coux and Associates Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000142
- Title
- THE SLEEPING CAR AND OTHER FARCES
- Author
- WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- HOUGHTON MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
- Place of Publication
- BOSTON, MASSACHUSSETTS, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1911
- Keywords
- THE SLEEPING CAR AND OTHER FARCES, WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS, PARLOR-CAR, SLEEPING-CAR, REGISTER, ELEVATOR Classics, General, General, General, Short Stories (single author)
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About the Seller
De Coux and Associates Books
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Crockett, California
About De Coux and Associates Books
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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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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