The Owl Among Colophons: Henry Holt as Publisher and Editor
by Charles A. Madison
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0854330119
- ISBN 13
- 9780854330119
- Seller
-
Swanton, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
FIRST EDITION. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1966. HARDCOVER. Dust jacket, now in a clear plastic archival cover, is a little soiled and worn along the edges with a quarter-inch tear. Spine is slightly cocked, out of square. Page ends are lightly foxed. Text is clean, unmarked. Strong binding.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Wood Thrush Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1426
- Title
- The Owl Among Colophons
- Author
- Charles A. Madison
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0854330119
- ISBN 13
- 9780854330119
- Publisher
- Holt, Rinehart and Winston
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
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About the Seller
Wood Thrush Books
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Swanton, Vermont
About Wood Thrush Books
Wood Thrush Books is an online bookselling business that specializes in nature writing, natural history, history, religion, philosophy and literature. We carry a good number of collectible, first edition hardcovers in very good condition, often with protected dust jackets.
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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...