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Laughing Boy
by La Farge, Oliver
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton and Mifflin. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Yellow cloth titled in brown, brown topstain. First edition with 1929 date on TP and CP. Cloth mildly soiled, bookplate to fep, spine lightly sunned, slight rubbing to edges, front hinge faintly loose. In photocopied DJ. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
Synopsis
Laughing Boy is a 1929 novel by Oliver La Farge about the clash between American culture and that of southwestern Native Americans. It won the Pulitzer Prize in 1930.
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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24119
- Title
- Laughing Boy
- Author
- La Farge, Oliver
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton and Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1929
Terms of Sale
curtis paul books inc.
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About the Seller
curtis paul books inc.
Biblio member since 2014
Northridge, California
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- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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....
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