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THE CONQUEST OF CANAAN.
by Tarkington, Booth
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair condition only in red cloth with gilt lettering - rubbing to the covers, darkening to the spine, some foxing, especially to
- Seller
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Ione, California, United States
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About This Item
New York:: Harper & Brothers,, 1905.. Hardcover first edition -. Fair condition only in red cloth with gilt lettering - rubbing to the covers, darkening to the spine, some foxing, especially to the margins of the plates, Binding sturdy. . First edition. Novel set in small town America. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates by Lucius W. Hitchcock. 389 pp.
Synopsis
A dry snow had fallen steadily throughout the still night, so that when a cold, upper wind cleared the sky gloriously in the morning the incongruous Indiana town shone in a white harmony - roof, ledge, and earth as evenly covered as by moonlight. There was no thaw; only where the line of factories followed the big bend of the frozen river, their distant chimneys like exclamation points on a blank page, was there a first threat against the supreme whiteness.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42474
- Title
- THE CONQUEST OF CANAAN.
- Author
- Tarkington, Booth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair condition only in red cloth with gilt lettering - rubbing to the covers, darkening to the spine, some foxing, especially to
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1905.
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- Vintage books and paperbacks;
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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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
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