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The Spur
by Kennelly, Ardyth
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Acceptable
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Julian Messner, Inc, 1951-01-01. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. Signed by Author. Please see our photos. Presumed first, no later printings noted. Inscribed to a former owner by Kennelly on FFEP. Grey cloth boards with blue lettering on spine and blue publisher's logo on front. Faint age toning and soiling present to edges of text block, and soiling is present to bottom edge of FFEP as well as to bottom edge of rear board. General age toning and light soil present to spine and edges of boards. Pages are securely bound and clean. Dust jacket in mylar shows marked sun fading to spine, large chip missing at tail of spine, smaller chipping to head and at corners.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Chaparral Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CHAPkennSPUR
- Title
- The Spur
- Author
- Kennelly, Ardyth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Julian Messner, Inc
- Date Published
- 1951-01-01
- Weight
- 1.13 lbs
Terms of Sale
Chaparral 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
Chaparral Books
Biblio member since 2015
Portland, Oregon
About Chaparral Books
Chaparral Books is located across from Elephant's Deli on S Corbett Avenue in Portland. We have a well rounded collection of subjects, including an extensive core collection in Western Americana and Native American Literature including Western Writers.
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- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
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