Our Bessie
by Rosa N. Carey
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Catawissa, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Chicago: M. A. Donohue, 1111. Undated. Good copy. No jacket. In grey cloth covers with white lettering, border and design surrounding face of young woman in color. Unmarked endpapers and pages. Bumping and fraying of head and tail of spine, edges and corners. Cracked back hinge. Moderate shelf wear.. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quaker House Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001675
- Title
- Our Bessie
- Author
- Rosa N. Carey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- M. A. Donohue
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- FICTION, ROMANCE
Terms of Sale
Quaker House Books
Items must be returned within ten days of sale for a full refund if not satisfied.
About the Seller
Quaker House Books
Biblio member since 2006
Catawissa, Pennsylvania
About Quaker House Books
My book holdings are eclectic in nature.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- 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,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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