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Quit Your Worrying! (Inscribed)
by George Wharton James
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Pasadena, California: The Radiant Life Press, 1916. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition, 1916, Nicely Inscribed by George Wharton James in black fountain pen on the half title page, 262 pages plus 4 pages of advertisements including a page of Mark Twain and GWJ titles available for sale. Book is at least Very Good Plus,, very clean green publisher's cloth with bright gilt title block on front board with author's name, also bright gilt title to spine, small rub to front board, light wear corners and to head and heel of spine else fine. Tight and square with no other previous owner bookplate or writing. Very clean and protected with a clear custom jacket. Most presentable inscribed First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002812
- Title
- Quit Your Worrying! (Inscribed)
- Author
- George Wharton James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Radiant Life Press
- Place of Publication
- Pasadena, California
- Date Published
- 1916
- Keywords
- George Wharton James, Signed George Wharton James
Terms of Sale
Pacific Coast Books
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About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
Biblio member since 2015
Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- 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...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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