This Very Earth
by Caldwell, Erskine
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Evesham, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Uk: The Falcon Press, 1949. green bds with gilt title to spine. patchy fading to bds. bump/rub to spine ends and corners. foxing to endpapers. faint semi-circular stain to front edge of some pages. bindings tight. Unclipped dustjacket with tears and partial losses to spine ends and corners and a few tears to jacket edges. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harry Righton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013467
- Title
- This Very Earth
- Author
- Caldwell, Erskine
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Falcon Press
- Place of Publication
- Uk
- Date Published
- 1949
Terms of Sale
Harry Righton
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About the Seller
Harry Righton
Biblio member since 2003
Evesham, Worcestershire
About Harry Righton
Diana Righton has been an established family business for the past thirty years (James Place Books for the first 18 years). We have a large stock in the region of 100,000 books, of which only 9,000 are on the net. Please feel free to ask if you have any wants.
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- 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...
- BDS
- Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...
- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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