Det Suser i Skog (The Wind in the Forest)
by Gloersen, Kari
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/No Jacket
- Seller
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Omaha,, Nebraska, United States
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About This Item
Kristiania: H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygard), 1914. First Edition (NAP) . Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Norwegian language. Bound in green cloth with titles and decorations stamped in gilt. Corresponding 1914 dates to the title and copyright pages; no additional printings. 145 pages. Decorated endpapers; all edges marbled. Bookplate of Norwegian-American collector Herman Gimmestad to the front pastedown, otherwise unmarked. The cloth, which has beveled edges, shows only a trace of edgewear; the spine, however, is slightly foxed, with some loss of decoration to the lower portion. Titles intact near the head of the spine. Hinges solid; binding square. A clean, tight copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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Details
- Bookseller
- Friendly Used Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 124049
- Title
- Det Suser i Skog (The Wind in the Forest)
- Author
- Gloersen, Kari
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition (NAP)
- Publisher
- H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygard)
- Place of Publication
- Kristiania
- Date Published
- 1914
- Keywords
- NORWEGIAN LANGUAGE FICTION NORWAY NORGE WRITERS AUTHORS
- Bookseller catalogs
- fiction; foreign language; Norway and Scandinavia;
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About the Seller
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Glossary
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- 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....
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...