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Lectures in America
by Stein, Gertrude
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Inscribed by Stein on the front endpaper. Near Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($2.50), minimally rubbed at the edges, toned at the back panel. Grey buckram, foxed in the gutters, with red and black ink lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a black top stain, toned at the endpapers, clean otherwise. Stein's work of literary criticism that sees her analyze her own work as well as the writing of Chaucer, Shakespeare, Trollope, Whitman, Henry James, among others.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7533
- Title
- Lectures in America
- Author
- Stein, Gertrude
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1935
- Keywords
- Modern Literature, Biography, Memoir, Literary Memoir, Roaring Twenties, Expats, Lost Generation
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
About Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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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