NY: G. W. Carleton & Company. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1867. First Edition. Hard Cover. Rubbed at the corners & spine ends. Bookplates removed from the fep & inside the front cover. Front inner hinge cracked. No label on the spine. Faint stamp inside the front cover. Perhaps a ship library? ; Spine sunned, some chipping to spine ends, slightly cocked. Hinges & book are tight. Owner's name (dated 1871) on fep.; Ex-Library; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 307+ads pages .

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Seller: Robert's Bookshop (US)
Seller's Inventory #: 16069
Title: Condensed Novels
Author: Harte, Bret
Illustrator: Bellew, Frank
Format/Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: G. W. Carleton & Company
Place of Publication: NY
Date Published: 1867
Keywords: Literature, Short Stories, Americana

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Robert's Bookshop

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Lincoln City, Oregon

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Robert's Bookshop is a large used bookshop (in the same location for 31 years) on the beautiful central Oregon Coast. We are open 7 days a week, 1000 to 1730. We have upwards of a quarter of a million books in stock, so what you see online is only a very small portion of our inventory.

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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,...
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
G: Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
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....
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Good+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
Cocked: Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
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...
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...