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The Major
by Connor, Ralph
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/No Jacket
- Seller
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League City, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: George H. Doran, 1917. 1st ed. . Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. 383 pages. Blue cloth-covered boards, gilt title and embossed figure on front, and gilt title on spine. 1917 first edition with GHD colophon on title page. Novel of Canadians just prior to, and the beginning of the World War. Illustrated with six b/w plates, including the frontispiece. Good+/No Jacket. Very firm binding and hinges, owner name, square corners. Spine ends a little rolled. There is a small dent centered on each edge as though a cord had been tied tightly around the book. Item #: E2942.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Schroeder's Book Haven
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E2942
- Title
- The Major
- Author
- Connor, Ralph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Publisher
- George H. Doran
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1917
- Pages
- 383
- Keywords
- Literature Canada Fiction
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About the Seller
Schroeder's Book Haven
Biblio member since 2003
League City, Texas
About Schroeder's Book Haven
We are an Open Shop located in the Historic District of League City, Texas, midway between Houston and Galveston. We have served Colleges and Libraries since 1967 and opened to the Public in 1992 in a renovated c.1911 house built by Judge J.S. Scott and his wife, Pearl. Our Store specialty is Texana, both new and out-of-print. We also have a good selection of General Stock, with emphasis in Western Americana, Art, Architecture and History. We provide complete ordering services for in-print titles and diligently search for the hard-to-find or out-of-print title you desire. Feel free to visit our shop Tues-Fri 10-6; Thurs Noon-8, Sat 10-4 Central Time. Closed Sunday & Monday.
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- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Rolled
- rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
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