Further Foolishness: Sketches and Satires on the Follies of the Day
by Leacock, Stephen
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: John Lane Company, 1916. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 312 pp, previous owner's signature & date inked on ffep. preface, 17 chapters grouped under 4 part headings. Binding tight with very slight forward lean, pages clean and unmarked, 5.2" x 7.6" cover red cloth with gilt fr & spine VG. White illustrated DJ worn and chipped at spine tail and head, forecorners, and rear. DJ Fr panel color Good..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007445
- Title
- Further Foolishness: Sketches and Satires on the Follies of the Day
- Author
- Leacock, Stephen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- John Lane Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1916
- Keywords
- Canadian humorist - writer - satirist
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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