The Finer Grain
by James, Henry
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1924. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Hardcover Re-Issue. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. iv + 312 pp, rubber stamp "The Hopwood Library" on fr pastedown. @1910 on verso, @1924 the New York edition. 5 long stories - novellas: The Velvet Glove; Mora Montravers; ; A Round of Visits; Crapy Cornella; The Bench of Desolation. Binding tight and square, pages clean, unmarked, paper well-preserved, top edge slightly darkened. 5.2" x 7.7" black cloth boards, gilt letters & bands to spine, facsimile signature to fr cover. Black cloth crisp. DJ fr panel stamped "The Hopwood Library", clipped DJ with edgewear, esp to top & bottom spine, rear top edge. Handles nicely in acetate protector. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008984
- Title
- The Finer Grain
- Author
- James, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Hardcover Re-Issue
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1924
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Keywords
- Henry James - Short Fiction - ( 15 April 1843 - 28 February 1916) - American British classic author
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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....
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
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