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The Little Lady Of The Big House
by London, Jack
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
-
Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1916. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Very Good +/No Dust Jacket. 7 3/4" High. Color Frontispiece. [Vi], 392 + Ads At End. First Printing, One Of 18, 448 Copies. Published April 1916. Blue Cloth With Gilt Lettering On Spine And White Lettering On Front Cover Design In White, Black And Brick Red. Very Good, Light Rubbing At Corners, All Lettering Strong And Gilt Bright,Old Inscription On Front Endpaper. Hinge Cracked Through Between Half Title And Frontispiece.Three Small Faint Red Smudges On Front Cover, About 1/2" Diameter Each.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arroyo Seco Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 036286
- Title
- The Little Lady Of The Big House
- Author
- London, Jack
- Illustrator
- Color Frontispiece
- Format/Binding
- Blue Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1916
- Size
- 7 3/4" High
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature: Twentieth and Twenty-First Century;
Terms of Sale
Arroyo Seco Books
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About the Seller
Arroyo Seco Books
Biblio member since 2013
Pasadena, California
About Arroyo Seco Books
Arroyo Seco Books lists about 26,000 used books in all fields, including physics, art, philosophy, social science, literature, science fiction, etc. We also stock modern and antiquarian prints and other art. Most items are listed in 100 catalogs titled by subject matter, and available on this site. We purchase interesting private libraries. Member of IOBA. Contact: Stephen Clauser, 626-372-3863.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- 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,...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
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