Europa In Limbo
by Briffault, Robert (Stephen)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Ontario, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937. First Printing with "A. HB. Orange cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, 476 pp., top edge of text block stained blue. Novel set during World War I, dealing with civilian life, fighting on the Western Front, and the Russian Revolution. Briffault (1876-1948) was a New Zealand educated surgeon who served in France during World War I, receiving the Military Cross. After the war, he studied anthropology and became influential in the field. Old booksellers label bottom of front paste-down, no marks in book, binding tight. Book condition VG.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Parker's Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GU6850
- Title
- Europa In Limbo
- Author
- Briffault, Robert (Stephen)
- Format/Binding
- HB
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Printing with "A
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
- Bookseller catalogs
- World War I;
Terms of Sale
Parker's Rare Books
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About the Seller
Parker's Rare Books
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Ontario, Wisconsin
About Parker's Rare Books
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Glossary
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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....
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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