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The Home Place
by Gipson, Fred
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/G+/VG-
- Seller
-
Bella Vista, Arkansas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1950. Book. VG. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardback bound in black boards with gilt title on the spine. Only defects are light edge wear and closed page edges are age toned, internally clean, tight and unmarked. Dust jacket has $2.75 price on the flap. Dust jacket has edge wear with small edge chipping on front, the back has a 3/4" x 3" piece missing along top edge. Stated First Edition. 248 pages..
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Details
- Bookseller
- K. L. Givens Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019581
- Title
- The Home Place
- Author
- Gipson, Fred
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- G+/VG-
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1950
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Novel; Texas; Western Americana
Terms of Sale
K. L. Givens Books
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About the Seller
K. L. Givens Books
Biblio member since 2006
Bella Vista, Arkansas
About K. L. Givens Books
Our home-based business is located in the beautiful Ozarks of northwest Arkansas. We began selling books in 1992 and still enjoy searching for treasures to list on the internet. We are not mega-sellers; instead we select our inventory for condition and rarity. Among our favorites are 19th century classics in decorative bindings; regional histories and genealogies; and military history.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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