Starved Rock
by Masters, Edgar Lee
- Used
- poor
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Poor/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Hudson, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The MacMillan Co., 1920. First Edition, Later Printing. . Cloth. Poor/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Small octavo, 171 pp., poetry, signed on f.f.e.p. by author. First edition published in 1919. Inner front hinge starting but binding still tight, blue cloth, gold stamping, head & heel of spine show sl. wear.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ross & Haines
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5901
- Title
- Starved Rock
- Author
- Masters, Edgar Lee
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Later Printing.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The MacMillan Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1920
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Ross & Haines
All books returnable within 7 days if not as described. Media Rate shipping is $ 3.50 for the first volume and $1 for each additional volume. Priority shipping is $ 7.50 for an average sized octavo and $33.00 for Global Priority.
About the Seller
Ross & Haines
Biblio member since 2004
Hudson, Wisconsin
About Ross & Haines
15,000 books in stock, All subjects covered with an emphisis on history. Shop was founded in Minneapolis in 1950 and has been located in Hudson, Wisconsin since 1993. Open by appointment only.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- SL.
- slight
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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....
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