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Lucy Church Amiably; A Novel of Romantic beauty and nature and which Looks Like an Engraving
by Stein, Gertrude
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Plain Editions, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Louis Untermeyer's copy with his bookplate on the front endpaper.About Very Good in a Fair example of the plain paper wrapper, split into three parts, covered in what appears to be the original glassine. Blue boards, rubbed and bumped at the edges and corners, black ink lettering on the spine and front board. Square, hinges loose, text block slightly shaken. The first of Stein's Plain Edition books which sought to publisher her previously unpublished works.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7528
- Title
- Lucy Church Amiably; A Novel of Romantic beauty and nature and which Looks Like an Engraving
- Author
- Stein, Gertrude
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Plain Editions
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- Modern Literature, Plays, Drama, Theatre, Movies, Films, Paris, Expats, Avant Garde
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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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a 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...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
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