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Big-Enough
by James, Will
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931. 314pp. Octavo. Original decorative yellow cloth boards with dark green lettering stamped to the front board and spine. Frontispiece portrait of the author; illustrated throughout the book with 51 drawings by the author. Some rubbing to the boards and spine and along the edges of the boards. Light bumping to the corners and the head and tail of the spine. Dust jacket has not been price clipped. Some chipping along the edges, especially to the head of the spine. Toning to the edges of the jacket and faint stain to the top corner of the front of the jacket. Signed and dated by Will James on the ffep. Overall an attractive signed copy. A nicely preserved first edition copy with the all important Scribner's A on the back of the title page and James's signature on the ffep. This is Will James fourth novel and is quite scarce in a nice wrapper. 1931
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 141389
- Title
- Big-Enough
- Author
- James, Will
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1931
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Cowboys|Illustrated Books|Westerns|Will James
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About the Seller
Aquila Books
Biblio member since 2010
Calgary, Alberta
About Aquila Books
Aquila Books specializes in books dealing with Polar Exploration, Western Canadiana, Mountaineering, the Canadian Pacific Railway, Early Voyages as well as many other areas. We also deal in antique maps and prints, historic photos, autograph letters, postcards, antique scientific instruments and antique bookcases. Please contact us if you have any questions.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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