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The Hourglass
by Edwin Gilbert
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Catawissa, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1959. Stated First Edition. Good,/Poor DJ. No marks on pages. Previous owner's name on front paste-down. Bumping and rubbing of head and tail of spine. Slightly cocked. Jacket is intact with spine taped on inside. Large missing piece on lower spine and one on upper spine. Edges are worn. Price clipped. In new protective jacket cover. Thank you for your patronage.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quaker House Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000554
- Title
- The Hourglass
- Author
- Edwin Gilbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1959
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- FICTION, RELATIONSHIPS
Terms of Sale
Quaker House Books
Items must be returned within ten days of sale for a full refund if not satisfied.
About the Seller
Quaker House Books
Biblio member since 2006
Catawissa, Pennsylvania
About Quaker House Books
My book holdings are eclectic in nature.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...