Rock and Sand
by John Rathbone Oliver
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan Company, 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First Edition, first printing (October, 1930). Blue cloth; spine stamped in gold; front board is ruled in blind. Head of spine lightly pushed. Clean and unmarked. Pages crisp. Dust jacket shows some chipping at spine ends and at top fore-corner of rear panel; light general edgewear; natural toning from acidification on front panel; front flap clipped but still showing the publisher's price of $2.50; in a clear archival sleeve. xxiv, 524 pages. 7.4 x 5 inches. Novel by John Rathbone Oliver (1872-1943), an American psychiatrist, medical historian, author, Anglican priest, and runner-up for the 1929 Pulitzer Prize for Literature. The story of two-generations of families and the cultural entanglements between the French Canadians and Americans, with a setting background of the shores of the St. Lawrence River.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Boyd Used & Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013439
- Title
- Rock and Sand
- Author
- John Rathbone Oliver
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- novel, fiction,
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Boyd Used & Rare Books
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Portland, Oregon
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Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...