M. Fontaine's Establishment
by Anonymous
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Grove Press, 1969. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 16mo. A Fair copy. NO DUSTJACKET. Book has significant cosmetic damage, including significant edgewear, shelfwear, a cocked spine, severely bumped corners, stains to exterior of boards, some nicks and notches to edges & spine, & some scattered discoloration to boards. Interior has former owner's name in ink on ffep & tanned pages, but is otherwise tight, clean & unmarked.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 603421
- Title
- M. Fontaine's Establishment
- Author
- Anonymous
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- WHAR.724, , , , , , , ,
Terms of Sale
Arundel Books of Seattle
7-day return only if not as described (you must notify us immediately on upon receipt of any problem). We pack carefully.
About the Seller
Arundel Books of Seattle
Biblio member since 2005
Seattle, Washington
About Arundel Books of Seattle
Arundel Books stunning new store is located in Seattle's historic Pioneer Square, and has an eclectic stock that will satisfy both the avid reader and discriminating collector.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...