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The Butterfly A Novel
by Cain, James M
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Seller
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The Woodlands, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. "It is the story of a farmer, and of the daughter who came back to him years after he had almost forgotten her, and of the wife who had deserted him, and of the man who had stolen his wife." Ships same or next business day. Spine is skewed and slightly loose. Moderate edge wear. Small bumps on spine ends. Faint black smudges on boards. Light tanning to edges of pages. Otherwise, free from major defect. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. DJ has normal edge and shelf wear. Tiny tears on corners and spine ends. Small damp stains on spine. Crease down front cover. Small rough tear on top right corner of front cover. Tan soiling on back cover. Crease on tail edge of back cover. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 165 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Good Books In The Woods
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 73028
- Title
- The Butterfly A Novel
- Author
- Cain, James M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
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Good Books In The Woods
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The Woodlands, Texas
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Glossary
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- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- 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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