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The Revolt of the Oyster
by Marquis, Don
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/No Dustjacket
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday Page, 1922. Book. Good+. Hardcover. Garden City, New York: Doubleday Page, 1922. Good+/no dust jacket . Decorated American trade binding (signed binding - monogram DD on cover - Decorative Designers). Yellow paper-covered boards with angry oyster illustration on cover in black and red, black lettering; black lettering on yellow cloth spine. Light soiling to cover. Light surface wear to corners, no fraying or wear-through. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Some foxing to endpapers, with old previous owner bookplate on front fixed endpaper. All text pages are clean. 229 pages..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029979
- Title
- The Revolt of the Oyster
- Author
- Marquis, Don
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Dustjacket
- Publisher
- Doubleday Page
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1922
- Keywords
- DON MARQUIS, DECORATED AMERICAN TRADE BINDING, DATB, DECORATIVE DESIGNERS, SHORT STORIES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Short Stories/Anthologies; Humor;
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About the Seller
Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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Stanley, New York
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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