UsedGood. Stated first edition, 1924. Brown cloth boards, no jacket. Light scuffing and shelfwear with age, gilt titles on spine starting to fade but still plainly legible. Spine cracked, all pages intact. Previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper. Mild yellowing to page edges. Text clean, no underlining. Good copy overall.

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Bookseller: Books4Cause Inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 5D4000008MUL_ns
Title: STRAWS And PRAYER-BOOKS. Dizain des Diversions.
Author: Cabell, James Branch
Book Condition: UsedGood
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover

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Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Shelfwear: Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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...
Cracked: In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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...
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....
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...