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Carolina Chats
by Goerch, Carl
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Raleigh: Edwards & Broughton Company, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. [5], 405 pages. Illustrated with photographs. Brown cloth hardcover with title on the spine. Cloth spine has some rubbed areas. Front hinge is cracked and the the front end sheets, frontispiece, and title page starting to pull. Previous owner inscription and a 1980 gift inscription written on the right front flyleaf. Light toning and scattered foxing to the end papers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Americana Books ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21788
- Title
- Carolina Chats
- Author
- Goerch, Carl
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Edwards & Broughton Company
- Place of Publication
- Raleigh
- Date Published
- 1944
Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Americana Books ABAA
Biblio member since 2009
Stone Mountain, Georgia
About Americana Books ABAA
Americana Books in business since 1993 specializing in American History and Americana. Member ABAA ( Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America)
Glossary
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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...
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