The Quest
by Neihardt, John G
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1916. Hardcover. 181pp. Octavo [19.5 cm] Dark green cloth covered boards with gilt stamped titles on the spine and front cover. With advertisements from the publisher on the last several pages. Very good. Extremities very gently bumped and rubbed. The spine has a very slight lean to it. There is a former owner's name in small pen along the top edge of the front pastedown. The pages are lightly browned. The dust jacket is in good condition. Alternately age-toned and faded. Also with some small faint marks, and very lightly soiled. There are numerous small losses from the chipped edges. There are a couple of small open tears along the folds. The top edge has several closed tears. The long closed tear is along the fold of the spine, and measures 2 and 1/2 inches long. John G. Neihardt also wrote Black Elk Speaks.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31666
- Title
- The Quest
- Author
- Neihardt, John G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1916
- Keywords
- John G. Neihardt; hardcover; dust jacket
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Salt Lake City, Utah
About Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Ken Sanders Rare Books is a full service antiquarian bookshop in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. We carry an ever-changing inventory of art, ephemera, maps, photography, and postcards in addition to a vast selection of used and rare books along with a few new books. We actively purchase and appraise books in all fields.
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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