PORTRAIT OF A MARRIAGE (DJ protected by clear, acid-free mylar cover)
by Pearl Buck
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Livonia, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Peoples Book Club. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1945. Hardcover. ; Green cloth cover has light wear at corners and caps but clean and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Color pictorial paste downs and end sheets. There's damp stain in the gutter on the first several pages. Color illustrated title page along with several color illustrated pages. Pages are clean and in very good condition. Dust jacket is tattered at edges with some tape repairs and stain on the underside of the DJ, but still attractive. Publisher's price of $2.50 on DJ flap. DJ protected by a clear, acid-free mylar cover to preserve the DJ and add luster to magnify its beauty or improve its appearance. Pictured here without the mylar cover for an accurate visual of it's condition. .
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Details
- Seller
- Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 298
- Title
- PORTRAIT OF A MARRIAGE (DJ protected by clear, acid-free mylar cover)
- Author
- Pearl Buck
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Good dust jacket
- Publisher
- Peoples Book Club
- Date Published
- 1945
Terms of Sale
Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
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About the Seller
Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2020
Livonia, Michigan
About Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
Sage Rare & Collectible Books specializes in out-of-print, scarce, and rare books as well as signed and First Editions.
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- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...