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The Next-To-Nothing House
by Carrick, Alice Van Leer
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1922. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First Edition, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Clean green cloth boards with cream and green image of house on cover, cream lettering on cover and spine. Light wear to spine ends, small bump to one corner tip. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Signed on front free endpaper by author as follows: "For Mary B. Day and from one collector to another. - Alice Van Leer Carrick." On opposite page (front pastedown) is adressee's beautiful old custom bookplate (Mary Bostwick Day). Rear endpaper has an advertisement from Marshall Field & Company announcing author Carrick's visit to their book section where she will give a talk, autograph her books, and display her rare collection of Silhouettes and Valentines. Some offset (shadow) to adjoining page. Book is well-illustrated with photographs. 252 pages..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034025
- Title
- The Next-To-Nothing House
- Author
- Carrick, Alice Van Leer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Atlantic Monthly Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1922
- Keywords
- HOMES, HOUSES, NEW ENGLAND, ALICE VAN LEER CARRICK, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, BOOKPLATEMAVEN
- Bookseller catalogs
- SIGNED Editions;
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Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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Stanley, New York
About Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
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