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Wanderings
by Symons, Arthur
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Andover, Massachusetts, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London and Toronto: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1931. First printing. Burgundy cloth with gilt spine lettering. 292 pp. The boards are spotted. A bookplate is on the front pastedown. Previous owner's name, dated Christmas 1931, is on the front free endpaper. The rear pastedown is scuffed off at the bottom edge and has some glue residue. Otherwise fine in a square, tight binding.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by G. E. Chambers. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Banjo Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009842
- Title
- Wanderings
- Author
- Symons, Arthur
- Illustrator
- G. E. Chambers
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London and Toronto
- Date Published
- 1931
- Keywords
- Collectible
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Banjo Booksellers
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About the Seller
Banjo Booksellers
Biblio member since 2004
Andover, Massachusetts
About Banjo Booksellers
On-line and mail-order only. We have a wide variety of books, both fiction and non-fiction, with an emphasis on modern first editions and collectible childrens books.
Glossary
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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