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A PLACE CALLED DUE WEST: THE HOME OF ERSKINE COLLEGE
by Lowry Ware
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Seller
-
Chamblee, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
US: R. L. Bryan, 1997. Hardcover. Very Good +. RARE. Signed and inscribed by author on title page. Sparkly tan cloth over boards with gilt-debossed particulars to spine and front board. Black mark to text at page 205 and 206 and previous owner's signature to first free endpaper; otherwise, pages are clean and unmarked. Text block has light shelf wear; circular dampstain to top edge. Boards are clean and bright; light rubbing to lower corners and tail of spine. Binding is tight and square. Dust jacket is clean, bright and unmarked with light creasing to top edge. Dust jacket is covered in a protective mylar jacket with yellow "signed" sticker to spine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Atlanta Vintage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64593
- Title
- A PLACE CALLED DUE WEST: THE HOME OF ERSKINE COLLEGE
- Author
- Lowry Ware
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- R. L. Bryan
- Place of Publication
- US
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- State Histories
Terms of Sale
Atlanta Vintage Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Atlanta Vintage Books
Biblio member since 2007
Chamblee, Georgia
About Atlanta Vintage Books
Welcome to Atlanta Vintage Books, serving book lovers locally and worldwide for over 30 years. Our 5,000 square foot book store houses over 70,000 vintage, rare and out of print books. You'll be greeted with a smile when you enter but left alone as you browse. Our staff is friendly, helpful and knowledgeable. Special orders are happily accommodated, as hard-to-find and out-of-print editions are a specialty. Our store is light and airy with plate glass windows letting in plenty of natural light and wonderfully decorated with antique display cases, old barrister bookcases, and wood book shelves. The wide aisles and scattered seating make browsing a joy. You'll wonder where the time went.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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