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Georgia's Land of the Golden Isles INSCRIBED
by Vanstory, Burnette
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
Athens, GA: Univ. of Georgia Press, 1956. First edition. HC w DJ. PC VG/Good+. INSCRIBED by author to FFEP. Association copy. Dark green cloth, gilt spine titling, lightest edgewear, B/W plate to FPEP of John Couper w ink note beneath (""John Couper of Cannons Point""), ink gift inscription (""To my daughter / Lucile Hardin Irwin / from her mother / Julia May Hardin"") to upper FFEP, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR (""To Julia May Hardin / a descendant of John Couper of Cannon's Point / with best wishes / Burnette Vanstory / Oct 30, 1956"") to lower FFEP, some pencil underlining & marginalia, binding tight, leaves bright. Unclipped DJ ($3.75) edgewear w nicks/chips to extremities, sunning to spine, creases to rear, a few closed tears, smudges to rear, now in Brodart. B/W photo illustrations. Unique copy; have found no other comparisons online. PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to provide photos. Please contact us for any specific requests. BUYING AND SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS FROM HISTORIC EAST NASHVILLE SINCE 2012.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Refuge Books: Used & Rare
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 210049
- Title
- Georgia's Land of the Golden Isles INSCRIBED
- Author
- Vanstory, Burnette
- Format/Binding
- HC w DJ
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Univ. of Georgia Press
- Place of Publication
- Athens, GA
- Date Published
- 1956
- Pages
- 202
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- PC
- Partially chipped (dustjacket)
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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....
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Association Copy
- An association copy is a copy of a book which has been signed and inscribed by the author for a personal friend, colleague, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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