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How Edith McGillcuddy Met RLS
by Steinbeck, John
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Cleveland: The Rowfant Club, 1943. Pink and gray floral paper covered boards over black buckram spine with red gilt embossed title labels, in ORIGINAL glassine dustjacket, (11.25 x 8.25 inches). Limited, one of 152 copies. 18 pages, plus a facsimile letter from Edith Wagner signed by Steinbeck. Colored illumination to title and page numbers. Printed by the Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, October 1943 for members of The Rowfant Club. First appearance in book format of this Steinbeck short story. An exceptionally tight, clean copy in the original fragile plain green jacket (now protected in mylar), with expected toning to jacket, two closed tears and one open tear to rear jacket panel. A desirable copy of a SCARCE Steinbeck title. Size: Quarto. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Quarto.
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- Bookseller
- Books & Bidders, Antiquarian Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003455
- Title
- How Edith McGillcuddy Met RLS
- Author
- Steinbeck, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- The Rowfant Club
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland
- Date Published
- 1943
- Size
- Quarto
- Keywords
- STEINBECK
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Glossary
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
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