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MISSOURI BITTERSWEET
by MACKINLAY KANTOR
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good
- Seller
-
Salida, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: DOUBLEDAY, 1969. First edition, as stated. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. Garden City: DOUBLEDAY, 1969. First edition, as stated. Very Good +/very good. Signed by Kantor on the ffep. Covers are lightly soiled and there are some rubbing marks especially along the spine. The binding is slightly slanted, and the corners and spine are bumped. Contents are clean and tight. The dust jacket, book price is present, has some soiling and the spine is faded. There is some chipping and small tears with a larger tear on the rear.
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Details
- Bookseller
- West of Denver Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1561
- Title
- MISSOURI BITTERSWEET
- Author
- MACKINLAY KANTOR
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, as stated
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- DOUBLEDAY
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- Ozarks, Ozarks
- Bookseller catalogs
- OZARKS;
Terms of Sale
West of Denver Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
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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....
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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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