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The Flying Inn
by Chesterton, G. K
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Sheed & Ward, 1955. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Reprint.. New York: Sheed & Ward, 1955. Reprint. Very Good+/Very Good+. Solid hardcover book in unclipped dust jacket. From the "New World Chesterton" series by this publisher. Turquoise cloth boards with black lettering on spine, light soiling. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean; tasteful previous owner bookplate on front fixed endpaper. 334 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028657
- Title
- The Flying Inn
- Author
- Chesterton, G. K
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- Reprint.
- Publisher
- Sheed & Ward
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- FICTION, LITERATURE, G. K. CHESTERTON, NEW WORLD CHESTERTON SERIES
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Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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About the Seller
Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
Biblio member since 2003
Stanley, New York
About Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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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