Bursting Bonds: The Heir of Slaves (inscribed)
by Pickens, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Boston: The Jordan & More Press, 1923. Second Printing. Hardcover. 12mo; G; light brown spine without text; second printing; enlarged edition; cloth exterior shows some scuffing; chipping to spine edges toward center of spine; some rubbing to edges otherwise; brown titles to paper label to front; no jacket; exterior edges to textblock have age toned moderately; deckled fore and tail edges; gift inscription to Eunice Carter Hunter by Mrs. Pickens to front pastedown; mild toning inside toward page edges; cracking to gutter to unnumbered, pp 46-47, and to pp 110-111, 174-175; pp 222
NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, in bookcases next to 7's Ephemera section. 1359287. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1359287
- Title
- Bursting Bonds: The Heir of Slaves (inscribed)
- Author
- Pickens, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Publisher
- The Jordan & More Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1923
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
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Rockville, Maryland
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Glossary
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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"...
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.