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Tar: a Midwest Childhood. A Critical Text.
by Anderson, Sherwood
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good ++
- ISBN 10
- 0829501592
- ISBN 13
- 9780829501599
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Cleveland, OH: The Press of Case Western Reserve University, 1969. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Large Octavo. Large 8vo. xx, 257 (3) pps. first published @1926. Edited with an Introduction by Ray Lewis White: First Edition, 1969. Price clipped. 1/8" x 1 1/2" chip along top edge rear panel near spine dj with some additional minor edge wear to same. Faintly foxed text block, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6" x 9.25". Light Green cloth with gilt black lettering to front board and spine. Pictorial dj in acetate protector..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9557
- Title
- Tar: a Midwest Childhood. A Critical Text.
- Author
- Anderson, Sherwood
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good ++
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0829501592
- ISBN 13
- 9780829501599
- Publisher
- The Press of Case Western Reserve University
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland, OH
- Date Published
- 1969
- Size
- Large Octavo
- Keywords
- LITERARY CRITICISM MODERN AMERICAN AUTHORS HISTORY AND CRITICISM
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERARY CRITICISM;
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West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Price Clipped
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Text Block
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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