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Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders among the Kentucky Mountaineers
by Flower, Jessie Graham; Hayn, Walter (Illustrator)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Co., 1921. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Hayn, Walter. Book #3 of ten in this early-20th-century series featuring adventuresome young Grace Harlowe & her friends as they went from high school to college, overseas to Europe, &, in this final series, back to the US for some adventures on horseback around the country. Orig. published in 1922, this is one of the reprint editions from Saalfield, in 253 pages with frontispiece & 3 internal illustrations. With deep red cloth-covered boards stamped with a black design & lettering to front & spine, this hardcover 12mo is in VG condition: quite clean & bright, binding strong & straight, front hinge cracked, rear hinge starting. Pages heavily tanned, but still supple, & completely unmarked save for a random spot or smudge; outside fore edge darkened with some spotting (not foxing) to lower outside edges. Liight-moderate rubbing to extremities & bumping to corners & spine tips. NO DJ (missing). Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping if ordered by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023597
- Title
- Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders among the Kentucky Mountaineers
- Author
- Flower, Jessie Graham; Hayn, Walter (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Hayn, Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Saalfield Publishing Co.
- Place of Publication
- Akron, Ohio
- Date Published
- 1921
- Keywords
- GIRLS SERIES YA PIONEERS DARING ADVENTURE FEMALE FEMINIST HORSES HORSEBACK RIDING FRIENDS FRIENDSHIP TRAVEL OUTDOORS Kentucky
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Collectible Series;
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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