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Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour, an Introduction
by J. D. Salinger
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Clarence, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour, an Introduction" by J. D. Salinger. First edition, third state in its original dust jacket. Published by Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, 1963. "First Edition" stated on the copyright page along with the years 1955 and 1959.The dedication page is tipped-in after the copyright page, signifying it as a third state copy. The dust jacket is in very good condition. Minor to moderate wear to the panels with light chipping at the top of the front panel. The spine is slightly sunned. The original price of $4.00 is present on the front flap. The book is in very good plus condition. The grey cloth boards are very well preserved with crisp edges. A one inch scratch extends from the top edge of the front board down. Light sunning to the spine and perimeter edges. The contents are clean and bright with sound binding. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. Inventory #(C12-48).
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- Bookseller
- Ernestoic Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000610
- Title
- Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour, an Introduction
- Author
- J. D. Salinger
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown, and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1963
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Sunned
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- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
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