Virgin Spain
by FRANK, WALDO
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very Good/Good +
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1926. Second Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bound one quarter black cloth with yellow cloth to boards. Black decoration to front board; gilt to spine. Tail edges untrimmed. Printed endpages. Some wear to outer corners & head & heel of spine; very slight outward curl to boards. Some wear to outer front hinge. Age darkening to pages & especially to outer page edges; head of pages somewhat soiled. Signatures are starting, however binding is sound. Pictorial dust jacket is age darkened with paper loss to outer corners & to head & heel of spine panel; wear to upper & lower edges with creasing. Spine panel darkened with rubbing to edges & scuffing to face, Dustsoil over all. Creasing to lower front flap.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17329
- Title
- Virgin Spain
- Author
- FRANK, WALDO
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- Boni & Liveright
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1926
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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