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A Few Figs from Thistles
by Millay, Edna St. Vincent
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/Lacking dust jacket
- Seller
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Newark, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper and Brothers, [1926]. Hardcover. Fair/Lacking dust jacket. 8vo. 40 pp. Bound in full black cloth, title stamped in gilt on cover and spine. Publisher's code H-A (indicating publishing date of August, 1926) stated on copyright page. Fair, previous owner's bookplate removed from front free endpaper, pages age-toned, but clean, water stain to front and rear covers, heavy rubbing and fraying to extremities, 3" vertical crease to cloth from top edge down front cover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Garnet Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002969
- Title
- A Few Figs from Thistles
- Author
- Millay, Edna St. Vincent
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Lacking dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1926]
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Garnet Books
30 day return guarantee. Full refund for up to 30 days after delivery, If an item arrives misdescribed or damaged, shipping costs will also be refunded.
About the Seller
Garnet Books
Biblio member since 2008
Newark, New Jersey
About Garnet Books
Selling used books online since 2007.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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....
- 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...
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