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THE CANNING WONDER (Signed Copy)
by Machen, Arthur
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- NF
- Seller
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Alliance, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
NY: Alfred A. Knopf. NF. 1926. 1st American Edition. Hardcover - Cloth. First American edition. 6" x 9", 250 page hardcover bound in yellow cl oth with a blue paper title label on the spine. A bookplate signed by Machen is affixed to the front fly leaf. Frontis plate illustration of Elizabeth Canning and seven additional black & white plates. A near f ine copy in a good dustjacket. Small rubs to the corners and spine tip s. The black lettering on the paper spine label is a little darkened. Former owner's bookplate affixed to the front endpaper. The front hing e has a small tear at the inner seam but is not cracked or loose. The interior is otherwise fine. The dust jacket is soiled. Frays to the ja cket's corners and along the head and heel of its spine. The front pan el has small tears along its upper edges 1" vertical tear, frays, and creases at its lower edge. The rear panel has small edge tears and cre ases. The dust jacket's verso has been reinforced around its edges and folds with 3/4" wide pieces of brown packing tape. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dearly Departed Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 83372
- Title
- THE CANNING WONDER (Signed Copy)
- Author
- Machen, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover - Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - NF
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st American Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1926
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
Dearly Departed Books
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Alliance, Ohio
About Dearly Departed Books
Selling books since 1978. We specialize in SF, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Western & Pulp Fiction. With an inventory of more than 35,000 Hardcover 1st editions, Vintage Paperbacks , Pulp Magazines & general antiquarian books. Store front open by chance or appointment.
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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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