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The Motorist's Luncheon Book
by Southworth, May E
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
-
Chagrin Falls, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Harper and Brothers, 1923. Hardcover. Good/Good. Good ; Good Jacket. 1923 Harper and Brothers. First Edition, stated. G - X printing code for July, 1923. NOT ex-library. Small hardcover, 4.5 x 6.75 inches, has red cloth-covered boards with black spine and cover lettering and decorations. 146 pages. Hinges NOT cracked. Binding getting loose in a few places in the text, with webbing peeking at page group divisions. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with some fraying at tips and spine ends. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Small raised area in cloth at fore edge of front cover. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. Grey dust jacket with black lettering and black and yellow illustration. Jacket has a few small scuffs, chipped and nicked edges, small to 1 inch tears; spine is lightly tanned. Jacket is somewhat brittle, and cracks at spine edges and one corner have been repaired on the interior of the jacket with archival repair tape. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped, showing original price of $1.50. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. This item will be shipped with signature confirmation required.
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Details
- Bookseller
- SmarterRat Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11319
- Title
- The Motorist's Luncheon Book
- Author
- Southworth, May E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers
- Date Published
- 1923
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Automobiles,Cookbooks
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cookbooks; Automobiles;
Terms of Sale
SmarterRat Books
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About the Seller
SmarterRat Books
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Chagrin Falls, Ohio
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- 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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