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Yesterday Morning
by Parker Fillmore
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Missing
- Seller
-
Menifee, California, United States
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About This Item
Century Co, 1931. hardcover. Good/Missing. 0x0x0. 1931 signed and inscribed first edition, The Century Co. (New York), 5 1/4 x 7 5/8 inches tall black cloth haredcover, no dust jacket, blind emboss design to front cover, gilt lettering to spine, viii, 307 pp. Slight to moderate soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with mild bumping to all four tips. Spine is very slightly cocked. Nicely inscribed and signed by the author in the year of issue on the blank front free-endpaper. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce issue. Authenticity of signature guaranteed in perpetuity. ~RR~ [2.0P] Novel for adults about 'growing up an American boy.' Prolific U.S. author Parker Hoysted Fillmore (1878–1944) is probably best remembered today for his books of folktales and fairy tales for children drawn from the folklore of Central and Northern Europe. One of his best-known works is Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales (1919), a collection of 15 classic Czech, Slovak, and Moravian folktales. Another is The Shoemaker’s Apron (1920).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Flamingo Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RR-1232-14081
- Title
- Yesterday Morning
- Author
- Parker Fillmore
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Missing
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Century Co
- Date Published
- 1931
- Size
- 0x0x0
- Weight
- 2.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Flamingo Books
Biblio member since 2011
Menifee, California
About Flamingo Books
Flamingo Books specializes in scarce and unusual nonfiction books and ephemera, with an emphasis on the natural sciences, religion, law, history and antiquarian titles.
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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.
- 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...
- 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....
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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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