Click for full-size.
The Man in the Smock From the Memoirs of an ex-Girl Friday
by Carla Harris
- Used
- near fine
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Chicago, Illinois: Privately Printed at the Sign of the Gargoyle, 1956. Limited Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Limited Edition Keepsake, quantity not mentioned, 1956, 10 pages plus epilogue and colophon pages, text uncut on top edge, Book is Fine, soft cover 6.5 inches in height by 4.25 inches in width, rose wrappers with red title block and black title, two staple binding holding firm, nicely printed on quality stock, No previous owner bookplate or writing. Very clean and most presentable edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002557
- Title
- The Man in the Smock From the Memoirs of an ex-Girl Friday
- Author
- Carla Harris
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Privately Printed at the Sign of the Gargoyle
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, Illinois
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- Keepsake,
Terms of Sale
Pacific Coast Books
10 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
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:
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Collecting food and drink books
Nothing quite whets the appetite for rare and collectible books like old and vintage cookbooks. Be sure to check out our cook books and food section of our rare book room.
How to tell if a signature is genuine
Author's signatures can undoubtedly increase the value of a rare book or first edition. The more scarce the book is, the more an autograph adds to its value. But how to tell if the signature is real? Find out how you can avoid common pitfalls in identifying an author's signature.
