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Show Boat. A Novel
by Ferber, Edna
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1926. Stated first edition, number 20 of a special issue of 201 copies signed by the author in blue-green ink. Good to very good condition, dark blue-gray hardcover with Japan vellum spine, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed with a few pages unopened, without the slipcase. Spine alightly darkened as typical with wear to the spine ends, some rubthrough to the corners, internally very good with good hinges, firm text block, very clean pages, no names or other markings.. Signed by the Author. First, Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 039642
- Title
- Show Boat. A Novel
- Author
- Ferber, Edna
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First, Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1926
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- LIMITED EDITION SIGNED AMERICAN FICTION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Literary History;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
We pack well and ship promptly. Returns: Books may be returned for refund of purchase price within seven days provided prior notification is given and the books are returned in the same condition as when shipped.
About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- 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...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- 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....
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
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