Black April
by Julia Peterkin
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Shelbyville, Indiana, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Indianapolis, In: Bobbs- Merrill, 1927. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Brick cloth with gilt lettering/rules to front, black lettering to spine. First Edition, later printing, with "piped" on page 17. This copy is VG in a VG, unclipped ($2.50) DJ ( second state with the John W. Crawford review on the front). Exterior is rich and square. Gilt is a bit rubbed. There is a 1/2 " vertical closed tear to top of spine. Edges, tips , and spine ends with very little wear. Inside has neat gift inscription to FEP along with a small abrasion ( price sticker removal?). Text is unmarked, crisp, and tight with expected toning. Top page edges dyed light brown. DJ has moderate chipping along the bottom / tips and a triangular chip to top of spine ( about an inch). .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bailey Bonzo Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002837
- Title
- Black April
- Author
- Julia Peterkin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Bobbs- Merrill
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis, In
- Date Published
- 1927
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- Indiana Authors, Publishers, Topics, & Association;
Terms of Sale
Bailey Bonzo Books
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
Bailey Bonzo Books
Biblio member since 2020
Shelbyville, Indiana
About Bailey Bonzo Books
Bailey Bonzo Books....Specializing in collectble First Editions, SIGNED copies, Science Fiction/Fantasy, and RARE copies of all kinds.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Second State
- used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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...
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