The Secret of Red Gate Farm True 1st 1932B-1 by Carolyn Keene
- Bookseller: LC Cohen Books
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: biblio4
- Book condition: VG
- Jacket condition: VG
- Quantity available: 1
- Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
- Place: New York
Description
VG/VG True printing (1931B-1 per Farah's 11th). Book is in very good condition. Binding is very square, bookplate inside the front board, fading to the spine and to the lettering on the boards, browning to endpapers, tanning to pages, and light shelfwear. Blank endpapers, glossy frontispiece and three glossy internals are in very good condition. Dustjacket is very good with two closed tears, very light creasing near edges, tiny chips to edges, light soiling, and light edgewear. Lists to itself on the front flap, to itself on the copyright page, Amy Bell Marlowe 1-10 on the rear panel of the dustjacket, Blythe Girls 1-11 on the rear flap.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
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. Also known as the back.
frontispiece : A portrait or illustration on the page opposing the title page.
soiling : Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
bookplate : A device (often decorative) affixed to the book, usually on the endpapers, which designates ownership (or former ownership).
endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
shelfwear : Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
Closed tears : Tears in which no material has been lost.
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