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The View From Morningside; one family's New York
by Colby, Constance Taber
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/good
- ISBN 10
- 0397012578
- ISBN 13
- 9780397012572
- Seller
-
Pittsburg, Kansas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/good. 8vo, pp. [6], 7-216. Blue boards with black spine and gilt accents; some wear to edges of boards. Firm binding; no loose pages. Foxed edges and slightly cocked spine. Dust jacket with chips and small tears; now encased in a clear, protective cover.
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- Bookseller
- Wayside Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6595
- Title
- The View From Morningside; one family's New York
- Author
- Colby, Constance Taber
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0397012578
- ISBN 13
- 9780397012572
- Publisher
- Lippincott
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1978
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About the Seller
Wayside Books
Biblio member since 2021
Pittsburg, Kansas
About Wayside Books
Wayside Books LLC is owned by Dianne and Steven Cox, currently operating their online store in Southeast Kansas. We have honed our rare book skills at the Rare Books School at the University of Virginia and the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar. We sell modern first editions and collectible fiction, as well as children's books and non-fiction books, with an emphasis on history, politics, social sciences, and the arts.
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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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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