Dark Hester
by Sedgwick, Anne Douglas
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Rochester, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1929. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, 6th Printing.. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles stamped on front board and spine. Boards clean and solid. Very light rubbing at spine heel. Tight binding. Previous owner's signature on front pastedown. Otherwise, interior unmarked clean. A solid copy. DJ not price clipped ($2.50) toned. DJ with about 2" of loss at spine heel. DJ spine head with some loss at front and back spine edge. DJ edges rubbed with a few very small closed tears. Small amt of creasing of DJ flaps. Photographs available upon request. Size: 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Small World Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 066200
- Title
- Dark Hester
- Author
- Sedgwick, Anne Douglas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition, 6th Printing.
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- FICTION
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Small World Books, LLC
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Rochester, New York
About Small World Books, LLC
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- 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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