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While Rome Burns
by Alexander Woollcott
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Southampton, New York, United States
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About This Item
Viking Press, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition, Seventh Printing (January 1936). Not price-clipped ($2.75 price intact). Published by Viking Press, 1934. Octavo. Red cloth boards stamped in gold. Book is very good; with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Spotting to page ends and offsetting to endpapers. Dust jacket is very good with shelf wear. Has spine toning, nicks and tears along edges, and rubbing along hinges and top back cover. A few small tears on front inner hinge and 3 inches of loss to bottom left corner. A nice copy of this scarce in jacket collection of works and anecdotes by famed critique of The New Yorker magazine Alexander Woollcott. Book placed in custom acetate protector. 328 pages. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Southampton Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 88058
- Title
- While Rome Burns
- Author
- Alexander Woollcott
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Date Published
- 1934
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Terms of Sale
Southampton Books
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
Southampton Books
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Southampton, New York
About Southampton Books
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
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