GALLOWS ORCHARD
by Spencer, Claire
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Middletown, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, (1930). First edition. Her first book, a mystery. Striking Art-Deco dust jacket featuring a young woman's face surrounded by a scarf. Name and date on half-title otherwise fine in dust jacket with a few tiny chips at top edges of spine and rear cover, and a couple of pieces of old tape on verso. An attractive copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quill & Brush (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46511
- Title
- GALLOWS ORCHARD
- Author
- Spencer, Claire
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (1930)
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Quill & Brush
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Middletown, Maryland
About Quill & Brush
Quill & Brush was established in 1976 by Allen & Patricia Ahearn, the authors of the well-respected reference for booksellers and collectors, Collected Books: The Guide to Identification and Values.At present the Quill & Brush is run by the Ahearns' eldest daughter, Beth Fisher. Allen is semi-retired but continues to buy, sell, and perform professional appraisals.
Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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.