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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
by Ward, Maisie
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Sheed & Ward, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE. SIGNED by the author on half-title. viii, 374 pp. Paper over boards, backed in rust cloth, spine ruled and lettered in gilt. Short pen notation to FFEP, the faintest rubbing to tips, very clean and sharp otherwise. DJ unclipped with '$5.95' ips just a bit rubbed, o/w crisp and bright, wrapped in mylar. Autobiography of publisher's co-founder, beginning with her Victorian childhood and continuing through the Catholic Literary Revival intellectual salon she and her husband facilitated in London and New York. Includes personal accounts of Dorothy Day, Peter Maurin, G.K. Chesterton, Hillaire Belloc, et al.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arches Bookhouse
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1958
- Title
- UNFINISHED BUSINESS
- Author
- Ward, Maisie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - NEAR FINE
- Jacket Condition
- NEAR FINE
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sheed & Ward
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
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Terms of Sale
Arches Bookhouse
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Arches Bookhouse
Biblio member since 2022
Portland, Oregon
About Arches Bookhouse
Brick & mortar humanities bookshop in Portland, OR. Philosophy, history, theology, literature, art.
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- 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...
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
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