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These Restless Heads
by Branch Cabell
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Slip Case
- Seller
-
Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York, New York: Robert M. McBride and Co., 1932. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Slip Case . 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Samuel Bernard Schaeffer. Book is limited to 375 copies for sale out of a total printing of 410 copies. large 8vo. in worn slip case. Book is fine and unopened and unread with many pages uncut. Spine is slightly bumped at the spine ends which is vellum as are the sharp perfect corners corner tips also in vellum. Book is quarter bound in vellum over silver foil with silver spine lettering. Book is tight and very clean with the fore edge and bottom untrimmed.There is a fabulous Art Deco frontispiece by Samuel Bernard Schaeffer.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Oshtemo Book Sellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000227
- Title
- These Restless Heads
- Author
- Branch Cabell
- Illustrator
- Samuel Bernard Schaeffer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Slip Case
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Robert M. McBride and Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1932
- Pages
- 353
- Keywords
- First edition/first printing Limited 219/375
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Oshtemo Book Sellers
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Kalamazoo, Michigan
About Oshtemo Book Sellers
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- 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....
- Slip Case
- A protective sleeve, often made of decorative cardboard or leather which houses a book. It is open on one end, so as to allow...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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