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Pageant of Life
by Thomas, Lowell
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG
- Seller
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Alliance, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
NY: Wilfred Funk, Inc. VG. 1941. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2", 278 page hardcover bound in pale green cloth with dark green decorations and lettering. A Very Good copy in a Fair to Good dust jacket. The book has some rubbing to its spine tip s and corners. Tiny fray at the head of the spine. Former owner's book plate is affixed to the front endpaper. The dust jacket has chipping to the base of its spine and to its corners. The head of its spine is mostly chipped away at its upper 1". Rubbing along the outer front fol d. Chips, tears, and creases to the panels' edges. Dust soiling to the panels. Dry, brown tape at the upper edges of the jacket's verso. Sig ned without inscription by Thomas on the front flyleaf. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dearly Departed Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 78288
- Title
- Pageant of Life
- Author
- Thomas, Lowell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Wilfred Funk, Inc
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1941
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Dearly Departed Books
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Alliance, Ohio
About Dearly Departed Books
Selling books since 1978. We specialize in SF, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Western & Pulp Fiction. With an inventory of more than 35,000 Hardcover 1st editions, Vintage Paperbacks , Pulp Magazines & general antiquarian books. Store front open by chance or appointment.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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