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Daisy Ashford: Her Book. A Collection of the Remaining Novels by the Author of "The Young Visiters," together with "The Jealous Governes" by Angela Ashford. With a Preface by Irvin S. Cobb
by ASHFORD, Daisy [aka Margaret Mary Julia Ashford]
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1920. First American Edition. Octavo. Linen backed pictorial boards, with photographic portrait inset device; dustjacket; xxv, 15-338pp; illustrated endpapers and jacket design by Ethel C. Taylor. Contemporary ownership signature to verso of half-title, bit of flecking to upper edge of text block, else a tight, Near Fine copy in the uncommon dustwrapper, lightly edgeworn and a tad darkened on spine panel; Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33392
- Title
- Daisy Ashford: Her Book. A Collection of the Remaining Novels by the Author of "The Young Visiters," together with "The Jealous Governes" by Angela Ashford. With a Preface by Irvin S. Cobb
- Author
- ASHFORD, Daisy [aka Margaret Mary Julia Ashford]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- George H. Doran Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1920
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Great Britain;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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