American Beauty
by Ferber, Edna
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Poor
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1931. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Poor. Rudolph Ruzicka. 8vo, 313 pp., chapter head decorations from woodcuts by Ruzicka. Spine cocked and slightly pulled at head, page edges tanned. Jacket sunned, soiled, stained, worn, chipped and torn.
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- Bookseller
- ANTHOLOGY BOOKSELLERS
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18993
- Title
- American Beauty
- Author
- Ferber, Edna
- Illustrator
- Rudolph Ruzicka
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday Doran
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1931
- Keywords
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About the Seller
ANTHOLOGY BOOKSELLERS
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About ANTHOLOGY BOOKSELLERS
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- First Edition
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Spine
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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