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ALPHABETS AND BIRTHDAYS (VOL 7 OF THE YALE EDITION OF THE UNPUBLISHED WRITINGS OF GERTRUDE STEIN)
by Gertrude Stein, intro by Donald Gallup
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good +/very good
- Seller
-
Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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About This Item
CT: Yale University Press, 1957. first edition. Hardcover. Very good +/very good. 6 1/2 x 7 in. Green cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; covers extremely clean with mild shelf wear. Binding tight. Text bright and unmarked. Large gift message on ffep. DJ is VERY GOOD ; not clipped ($5.00), very clean with light sunning to edges and spine. Mild foxing to front flap, very small closed tear with a crease at upper front, larger one by corner. Spine head has some chips and very slight loss. In a mylar wrapper. Fic. RGR. ETS.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47126
- Title
- ALPHABETS AND BIRTHDAYS (VOL 7 OF THE YALE EDITION OF THE UNPUBLISHED WRITINGS OF GERTRUDE STEIN)
- Author
- Gertrude Stein, intro by Donald Gallup
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- CT
- Date Published
- 1957
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Andre Strong Bookseller
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Blue Hill, Maine
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Glossary
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- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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