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From a Writer's Notebook
by Van Wyck Brooks
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine Condition/Fine
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
St. Onge, Worcester, Mass, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Fine Condition/Fine. VAN WYCK BROOKS. From a Writer's Notebook, Worcester: Achille J. St. Onge, 1955. Miniature (about 1.75x2.25 inches or 5x6cm), limited edition of 1000, pp. 88, 1 (note), green calf covers with gilt lettering to spine, front and back, gilt borders, all edges gilt. Printed at Chiswick Press, includes original parchment jacket. Bradbury, St. Onge, 12. Condition of this book: Fine, no flaws. Special Limited Edition, first issue in this format. Size: Miniature. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: History; 1950s; Art & Design. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 53969. . This booklet or book is lighter than a standard-size book, and may involve a lesser shipping cost than that quoted by this site. If that is the case, you will be charged the lesser rate when your order is processed, not the rate shown here.
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- Bookseller
- Rarities etc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53969
- Title
- From a Writer's Notebook
- Author
- Van Wyck Brooks
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Full Leather)
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- St. Onge
- Place of Publication
- Worcester, Mass
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- BZDB17 History; 1950s; Art & Design. Van Wyck Brooks From a Writer's Notebook
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Warwick, New York
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Parchment
- Pages or book covering made from a prepared animal skin. Parchment describes any animal skin used for books, while vellum is a...
- Miniature
- A book that is less then 3 inches in width and ...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 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....
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