Hail to Yesterday by Millar, Mara
- Bookseller: BookCollector.net
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 204470
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Good
- Jacket condition: Fair
- Illustrator: Duncan, Gregor
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1941
Description
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc, 1941. Good in Fair jacket Good+ in Good-Tears jacket8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Gray DJ, G-, spine chipping, edgewear and chipping, red illustrations of 1990's life on front. Red boards, G+. Interior pages clean, binding tight. Fascinating reading about a young beautiful farmgirl from Kentucky who married a Judge in Oklahoma whose position brought her to New York and Washington DC during the expansion of the western territories. Her personal accounting of the social and political life while there and the little details of her new discoveries and adventures bring the whole period and people to life for the reader. Black and white illustrations interspersed throughout story. 302 pps. BA204470.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. Illus. by Duncan, Gregor.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
jacket : Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a 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.
chipping : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
G- : A term used to denote a condition a slight grade lesser than Good. Good is defined as "describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted." (Taken from AB Bookman's Weekly).
Fair : is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc. (which must be noted). Binding, jacket (if any), etc., may also be worn. All defects must be noted. (defined by AB Bookman's Weekly)
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