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OUR TOWN
by Wilder, Thornton
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Coward McCann, Inc, 1938. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 128 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine blue and tan with tan lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, with price cut. Moderate shelf wear. Age-toning and severe chipping to dust jacket, with three small open tears to spine. Non-archival tape applied to inside of jacket at spine and front flap. Two spots of soiling on front cover. Some age-toning to rear board. Top edge of textblock dyed blue, though faded. Remnants of removed bookplate on front pastedown. Interior pages clean. Shelved in Case 0. The first state of the jacket had no mention of the Pulitzer Prize. This copy has a sticker reading "Pulitzer Prize Winner" affixed to the front cover at a slight angle, presumably after the Prize was awarded but before new jackets were printed. 1374690. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1374690
- Title
- OUR TOWN
- Author
- Wilder, Thornton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Coward McCann, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1938
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Rockville, Maryland
About Second Story Books, ABAA
DC's Oldest Rare and Used Bookstore, Second Story Books operates two open shops in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. We have a large internet presence including this website, Amazon, and Ebay, accredited appraisals member ASA, and an in house book binder. For more information go to www.secondstorybooks.com
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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