Holding the Line
by Harold Baldwin
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 9110779760
- ISBN 13
- 9789110779761
- Seller
-
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
A.C. McClurg, 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good or better in a nice dustjacket. Very slight spine lean, corners and spine ends of the binding are bumped but not rubbed, p.o. signature dated 1918, the gilt on the cover is complete and bright, the spine gilt is a bit faded, the red cloth is bright and fresh, the binding is tight and the interior is clean. The jacket has light rubbing at the corners, rubbing and short closed tears at the spine ends, a few short closed tears on the rear panel. This is a nice copy of a very scarce dustjacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dunaway Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 194258
- Title
- Holding the Line
- Author
- Harold Baldwin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 9110779760
- ISBN 13
- 9789110779761
- Publisher
- A.C. McClurg
- Date Published
- 1918
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Dunaway Books
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Saint Louis, Missouri
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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....