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Ellis Island
by Tifft, Wilton S., and Thomas Dunne
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Norton, 1971. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/Very Good. 1 v. (unpaged) illus. 23 x 29 cm. Oblong 4to. Original publisher's cloth covered boards, gilt spine lettering. Book Condition: Minor wear to extremities else Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Chipping with small bits of loss to spine ends and edges. Not to be confused with far more common 1990 reprint.
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- Bookseller
- DuBois Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002753
- Title
- Ellis Island
- Author
- Tifft, Wilton S., and Thomas Dunne
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Norton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1971
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
DuBois Rare Books
Biblio member since 2009
New York, New York
About DuBois Rare Books
Dealing in fine, rare and odd books since 2009; collecting since forever.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
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