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THE LEANING TOWER AND OTHER STORIES
by Porter, Katherine Anne
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Fair dust jacket
- Seller
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Livonia, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Harcourt, Brace & Company. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1944. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ; Beige cloth cover has very lightly bumped corners and toning/foxing otherwise clean and overall in very good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Former owner's name on front end sheet. Inscribed and signed by author of title page. Pages are lightly toned but clean and near pristine. Dust jacket is toned, tattered, torn, and chipped but clean. Publisher's price of $2.50 on DJ flap. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ); Signed by Author .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12338
- Title
- THE LEANING TOWER AND OTHER STORIES
- Author
- Porter, Katherine Anne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Fair dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace & Company
- Date Published
- 1944
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2020
Livonia, Michigan
About Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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"...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
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