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Speaking of Operations
by Cobb, Irvin S
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: George H. Doran, 1915. Book. Illus. by Tony Sarg, Illustrator. Near Fine. Hardcover. New York: George H. Doran, 1915. Near Fine/Very Good+. Tony Sarg, Illustrator. Beautiful copy of this decorated binding in original dust jacket. Clean brown paper covered boards with black lettering, black, white and gray illustration on cover in perfect condition. Black lettering and very small decoration on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking; pages are clean. Clean illustrated endpapers (very slight browning, and a name in erasable pencil on front free endpaper). Illustrations by Tony Sarg. 64 pages. Dust jacket has very shallow chipping at top and bottom spine ends, a little wear to corners and a some tiny closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Early printing (no GHD symbol; no additional printings listed). An exceptional copy..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025018
- Title
- Speaking of Operations
- Author
- Cobb, Irvin S
- Illustrator
- Tony Sarg, Illustrator
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Publisher
- George H. Doran
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1915
- Keywords
- MEDICAL HUMOR, HOSPITALIZATION, IRVIN S. COBB, TONY SARG, DECORATED AMERICAN TRADE BINDING, DATB
- Bookseller catalogs
- Medical/Health; Humor;
Terms of Sale
Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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About the Seller
Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
Biblio member since 2003
Stanley, New York
About Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
Quality used, rare and out-of-print books. We are available 24 hours by E-mail. By phone, 9:00am - 6:00pm 585-355-6971. Books are carefully packaged, bubble wrapped and boxed for shipment. Our shipping days are M-F. Orders are shipped within one business day from time order is received. Shop is open Monday-Sunday 9:00 am-8:30 pm. Customers may set up appointment for private viewing. If further information on a book is required, e-mail info@oldscrolls.com or phone 585-355-6971. Digital photos available if none are present or if you need additional photos.
Glossary
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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