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A Challenge to Darkness: The Life Story of J. Georges Scapini
by J. Georges Scapini (Translated and introduction by Helen Keller)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Winston, Georgia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1929. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, black cloth boards with gilt to spine. Exterior shows very light spotting along with edge bumps. Internal binding is good and text pages are tight. Front pastedown is a bookplate showing this book was from the Private Library of W. H. Stout. There is also a small check mark just to the right of the bookplate. Front and rear end pages/pastedowns show some spotting and foxing, text pages are toned but are overall clean. There are a few very light smudge marks though this seems mainly limited to the half title page. Stated first edition on the copyright page.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Yesterday's Book Shop (Member IOBA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2200971
- Title
- A Challenge to Darkness: The Life Story of J. Georges Scapini
- Author
- J. Georges Scapini (Translated and introduction by Helen Keller)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1929
- Pages
- 173
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions; Biography and Genealogy;
Terms of Sale
Yesterday's Book Shop (Member IOBA)
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About the Seller
Yesterday's Book Shop (Member IOBA)
Biblio member since 2021
Winston, Georgia
About Yesterday's Book Shop (Member IOBA)
Yesterday's Book Shop is an independent, family-owned establishment. The store first opened in 1966 under the name Collector's Corner and was located in Western Maryland. The Collector's Corner dealt mainly in books but also sold stamps and assorted ephemera. In 1975 the name was changed to Yesterday's Book Shop when the store only offered books and printed matter. In the early 2000s the brick and mortar store was closed and now we only sell online.
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All of the book pictures were taken at the time the book was listed and we never use generic or stock photos in any listing. If you would like additional photos or information on any listing please let us know and we will be more than happy to comply.
Glossary
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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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- First Edition
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- 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...
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