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Unbidden Guests
by Wertenbaker, Lael
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good +/fair
- Seller
-
Meadows of Dan, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1970. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Good +/fair. 311 pages. An island community during the depression is peaceful until the arrival of a minister who shatters the quiet and is murdered. Quarter brown cloth over orange boards with gilt titles on spine, brown end papers. A little edge wear to cover with some wrinkles along bottom edge, gilt bright, corners and spine ends a little bumped, a little spotting of end papers, interior pages bright with scattered stains, binding tight. Illustrated white dust jacket with black and white titles on front cover and black ttitles on spine is chipped and wormed at edges, remains of old stickers on front jacket, spotting, scrubbing, short tears at bottom edge, creases, not price clipped.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Scraps of American History
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 01495
- Title
- Unbidden Guests
- Author
- Wertenbaker, Lael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Jacket Condition
- fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, as stated
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- fiction, mystery, murder, Georgia, Depression,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Scraps of American History
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
Scraps of American History
Biblio member since 2012
Meadows of Dan, Virginia
About Scraps of American History
Unique bookstore in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. We specialize in vintage and antiquarian volumes with an emphasis on history, but carry books on many subjects. Currently we are building a catalogue from a large collection. We have been members of Biblio.com since around 2001 under the name Greenberry House. Our descriptions are detailed and careful and we try to note every flaw. ALL of our books are photographed and show you the exact item you will receive. We ship within one business day of receipt of orders and generally do not add shipping charges to the amount on your original invoice.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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....
- 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.
- 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...
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