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TALL HOUSES IN WINTER **SIGNED**
by Betts, Doris
- Used
- Good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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Rougemont, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1957. 1st edition. Cloth. Good/Fair. 1st edition, 1957. A Good book in a Fair dust jacket. SIGNED by author on end paper, dated 5/17/58. 8vo., 383 pp., bound in publishers black cloth with price clipped dust jacket. Jacket has chips and tears on all edges, older repairs, spine is faded, generally overall worn and soiled. Previous owners bookplate inside front cover, first few pages show a shadow of paper clip that was once there, some toning to end pages and title page, several local newspaper articles about Betts laid in. Text is clean and unmarked otherwise. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve.
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- Bookseller
- Frey Fine Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27716
- Title
- TALL HOUSES IN WINTER **SIGNED**
- Author
- Betts, Doris
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
Terms of Sale
Frey Fine Books
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
Frey Fine Books
Biblio member since 2019
Rougemont, North Carolina
About Frey Fine Books
Antiquarian bookseller, with over 15 years experience.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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