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Backward Glances at Georgetown with Anecdotes of Famous Washingtonians and Their Georgetwon Homes
by Leary, Josephine Davis
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Skyway, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Richmond, Virginia: The Dietz Press, Incorporated, 1947. First edition full blue cloth hard cover with dust jacket, VG/VG. Unmarked, clean, tight copy. Newsclipping has left offset toning to front endpaper. Dust jacket has some chipping to spine head and a short, closed tear to upper front panel. Offered in new mylar cover. 68pp., illustrated by Agnes Sanford Leary.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.
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- Bookseller
- Turn-The-Page Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23913
- Title
- Backward Glances at Georgetown with Anecdotes of Famous Washingtonians and Their Georgetwon Homes
- Author
- Leary, Josephine Davis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Dietz Press, Incorporated
- Place of Publication
- Richmond, Virginia
- Date Published
- 1947
- Size
- 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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- 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....
- VG/VG
- Very Good Condition book with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used book that does show some...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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"...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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