Raspberry Jam
by Wells, Carolyn
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good++/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Steelton, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1920. This is a particularly clean and handsome copy of one of Carolyn Wells's most difficult-to-find novels. It has deep green cloth covers with die-stamped gilt lettering on the front panel and spine. As for the interior, the binding is tight and secure, and the text pages are clean and sparkling throughout, with no tears or stains. There is a dated signature of an early owner on the ffep. The book includes a well-executed frontispiece illustration by Gayle Hoskins. The book measures 5 1/4 by 7 1/2 inches and includes 314 pages, with ads in the rear. See photo.. Hard Cover. Very Good++/No Jacket. Illus. by Gayle Hoskins. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Chap Book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Grimalkin Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000060
- Title
- Raspberry Jam
- Author
- Wells, Carolyn
- Illustrator
- Gayle Hoskins
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good++
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- A.L. Burt Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1920
- Bookseller catalogs
- General Fiction;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Grimalkin Books
Grimalkin Books is located in Steelton, Pennsylvania, the first town south of Harrisburg. We specialize in older, unusual books and sets, often literary, artistic, or historical. "Grimalkin" is old English for an old gray cat, mainly because the owner, Bob Amsel, is a cat lover. All books subject to prior sale. Payment must be received within 10 days of the order or item will be returned to stock. We accept money orders, bank checks, personal checks (allow time to clear), PayPal or MasterCard/Visa through Biblio's credit card processing service. International orders must be paid in US dollars and can be paid via PayPal, credit card (through ABE), or International Postal Money Order. Your purchase will be carefully packaged to protect it during shipping. Books may not be returned just because the buyer has changed his mind. Only books with actual defects that were not mentioned by the seller in the listing may be returned. Please insure returns for their full value.
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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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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