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No Swank
by Sherwood Anderson
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: The Centaur Press, 1934. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. 130pp. VERY GOOD in Very Good dust jacket protected in a removable mylar cover. The book itself shows some light rubbing at the bottom edge, light natural toning of the endpapers, top edge ever so slightly dust marked, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards are bright and distinct. The dust jacket shows minimal rubbing of the edges and corners with some light chipping of the topmost and bottommost of the spine, small closed tear of the front panel, otherwise has been well preserved and remains distinct. As pictured.
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Details
- Bookseller
- North Books: Used & Rare
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L97
- Title
- No Swank
- Author
- Sherwood Anderson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Centaur Press
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1934
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St. Louis, Missouri
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
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