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The Gods Gave My Donkey Wings
by Abbott, Angus Evans
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Stone & Kimball, 1895, first edition. Decorated cloth hardcover with gold gilt page edges. Deckled page edges. Last pages listing other publications of Stone & Kimball are cut. Spine is soiled. Minimum shelf wear. Previous owner book plate on frontispiece. Small volume 6.5 x 4 inches. Crowded Closet is a nonprofit thrift store. All proceeeds support world peace, relief and development through Mennonite Central Committee (MCC).
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- Bookseller
- Crowded Closet Thrift Shop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1096
- Title
- The Gods Gave My Donkey Wings
- Author
- Abbott, Angus Evans
- Format/Binding
- Strong
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Stone & Kimball
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1895
- Pages
- 133
- Size
- small
- Weight
- 2.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; 19th century; Collectable;
Terms of Sale
Crowded Closet Thrift Shop
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About the Seller
Crowded Closet Thrift Shop
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Iowa City, Iowa
About Crowded Closet Thrift Shop
Crowded Closet is a non-profit thrift shop supporting relief, development and peace projects of Mennonite Central Committee. At Crowded Closet, every purchase is a gift to the world.
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- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Spine
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- Cloth
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- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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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