ERIC SLOANE'S WEATHER BOOK [INSCRIBED]
by Sloane, Eric
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York; Boston: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, Inc.; Little, Brown and Company, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, 90 pages. In Good plus condition. Bound in the publisher's red cloth bearing gilt lettering to the spine. Boards show sunning to the spine, damp staining to the rear and small whitish spots exteriorly. Moderate wear to the head/tail edges. Front decorated with gilt illustration and lettering. Text block has slight foxing and age toning to the edges with slight offsetting to the end papers. Some foxing interiorly. Slight wear interiorly including a small stain to page three. Illustrated. First edition. Inscribed by Eric Sloane to loosed, but present, end paper. Also inscribed with a doodle by the author to Mrs. W.B. Henry, dated 1954.
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NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, atop Case #1. 1374758. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1374758
- Title
- ERIC SLOANE'S WEATHER BOOK [INSCRIBED]
- Author
- Sloane, Eric
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Duell, Sloan and Pearce, Inc.; Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York; Boston
- Date Published
- 1952
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About the Seller
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Rockville, Maryland
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Gilt
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- First Edition
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- Inscribed
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- Cloth
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- 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...
- 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....