The Grandissimes; A Story of Creole Life
by Cable, George W
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
-
Binghamton, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1880. Hardcover. Acceptable. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1880. First Edition. Half calf binding, marbled boards, heavily worn. Ex-library copy with stamps, bookplates and markings. Book shaken, some pages detached, cracked hinge. Text is clean, however, with light tanning and a few smudges. 12mo. 448 pages.
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Details
- Seller
- Robinson Street Books, IOBA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- bing190mm003
- Title
- The Grandissimes; A Story of Creole Life
- Author
- Cable, George W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Date Published
- 1880
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Nonfiction
Terms of Sale
Robinson Street Books, IOBA
All items offered subject to prior sale. Any item may be returned within 30 days of receipt for full refund less shipping both ways. If our error, we will pay shipping both ways.� Shipping is extra.
About the Seller
Robinson Street Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2003
Binghamton, New York
About Robinson Street Books, IOBA
We have been selling books for over 30 years via catalog and lists, as well as open shops. We closed our last open shop in 2003 and now operate out of our warehouse, which contains 500,000 books, journals, periodicals from the 16th Century to the present. We sell on-line as well as via lists and catalogs. We buy collections, accumulations, excess unneeded donations/duplicates, from Museums and Libraries for cash or credit. We have one of the largest collections of offprints in zoology, Botany, Molecular biology available for sale in the world
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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,...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- 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...
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