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Oliver Wiswell
by Kenneth Roberts
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/Poor
- Seller
-
Uncasville, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
INSCRIBED/SIGNED: first trade edition first printing hardcover edition in dust jacket inscribed to a prior owner then signed by Kenneth Roberts on the author's book plate affixed to the title page; in addition, laid in, is a note to the prior owner hand written by Roberts on his stationery; no prior owner marks; little age tone to text pages; sound binding; cloth cover has little rub and bump at corners and spine ends, some sunning along spine, some dulling to gilt titling; dj in poor condition: sun darkening along spine, tears and chipping to dj edges, separation along dj folds tape repaired on dj verso; flap price present MS
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Details
- Bookseller
- DrPanglossBooks
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13095
- Title
- Oliver Wiswell
- Author
- Kenneth Roberts
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first trade edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday Doran
- Date Published
- 1940
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
DrPanglossBooks
Biblio member since 2008
Uncasville, Connecticut
About DrPanglossBooks
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Glossary
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- 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....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
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