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Becky Swan's Book
by Musgrave, Susan
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Poor
- ISBN 10
- 0889840245
- ISBN 13
- 9780889840249
- Seller
-
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Ontario, Canada: The Porcupine's Quill, Inc., 1977. One of 1,000 copies printed. Lightly rubbed at ends of spine, minute tear (1/16 inch) on front paste-down at hinge where binding thread exits, else very good plus. Pages spotless throughout. DJ foxed on front, smudged, lightly chipped, wrinkled and rubbed along edges and folds, tear (1.75 inch) at bottom of front flap fold, tear (1.25 inch) on front at lower edge, both reinforced on the inside with tape. Overall, poor. Note: there is a very faint oily smell to the book likely caused by the leatherette-style boards.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Poor. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lindenlea Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002103
- Title
- Becky Swan's Book
- Author
- Musgrave, Susan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0889840245
- ISBN 13
- 9780889840249
- Publisher
- The Porcupine's Quill, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Ontario, Canada
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Susan Musgrave
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadian; Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Lindenlea Books
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About the Seller
Lindenlea Books
Biblio member since 2019
Ottawa, Ontario
About Lindenlea Books
We are located in Ottawa (Ontario, Canada), and started selling books online in 2009. We offer a wide range of topics, with a focus on signed modern Canadian first editions. Please feel free to contact us by email if you have a question regarding any of our books.
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- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- First Edition
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