WE CAN'T HAVE EVERYTHING
by Hughes, Rupert
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1917. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 636 pp; This great book has trace sunning on spine, light rubbing at points, slightly cocked, and trace endpaper toning. An attractive book with gilt lettering on cover and spine, a secure binding, and a tight unmarked text. In addition to being a prolific writer of short stories and novels, Hughes was also a film director, military officer, music composer, and an Oscar-nominated screenwriter. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Glover's Bookery, ABAA, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 89540
- Title
- WE CAN'T HAVE EVERYTHING
- Author
- Hughes, Rupert
- Illustrator
- Flagg, James Montgomery
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1917
- Keywords
- Fiction, Novels, WWI,
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.
Terms of Sale
Glover's Bookery, ABAA, LLC
Glover's Bookery, ABAA, LLC; Bookseller Since 1978, store hours : Weds - Sat 12:00 - 5:00 EST, 859-253-0614, orders@gloversbookery.com, 862 S. Broadway, Lexington, KY 40504 Terms: US$ by check on US bank or Visa, MC, or Amer Exp; all personal checks held for 10 days before item(s) can be shipped; 10 day return for any reason. All items subject to prior sell. Ship/hnd: multiple volume sets counted by the book (ie. 4 vols = 4 books). Some oversize books may require additional shipping. If so we will notify you with options before your order is processed. All orders have free Delivery Confirmation and on line tracking **All International orders may be delayed due to customs beyond the quoted delivery times** We will bill libraries and institutions on 30 day terms with your Purchase Order number.
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About the Seller
Glover's Bookery, ABAA, LLC
Biblio member since 2006
Lexington, Kentucky
About Glover's Bookery, ABAA, LLC
Glover's Bookery, ABAA has been buying and selling used and rare books since 1978. We have a large bookstore in Lexington, KY open to the public on Weds. to Sat. from 12pm - 5pm eastern.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....