Orphan Island.
by Macaulay, Rose
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925.. 8vo. 319 pp. Very Good, Red Cloth with sun-fading, stains, rubbing, & edge wear; ink markings on edges of text block & facing copyright page; paper label affixed to spine scuffed; spine slanted; some shelf wear. Provenance: John Ruyle; previous owner's signature on FFEP. First Edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15-3811
- Title
- Orphan Island.
- Author
- Macaulay, Rose
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature & Linguistics;
Terms of Sale
Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
Payment by credit cards or other means. 20% charge for returns,unless item is misdescribed.
About the Seller
Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
Biblio member since 2006
San Francisco, California
About Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
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- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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