New York: Boni and Liveright, 1926. Portions of this book appeared as short sketches in Woman's Home Companion, The American Mercury and the author here makes due acknowledgment of the graciously given permission to reprint. 346 pp. Brown pebbled cloth covers with gilt title on front cover, blue text block title on spine. Cover corners and edges are bumped and rubbed, scuffing and wear to cover faces, joints worn, marks to spine, spine ends are bent and fraying. Black top page edge. Uncut page edges with some tears and chipping. Hinges are broken, interior spine is loose. Previous owner's name was written on front free endpaper and appears to have been erased, but is still visable. Some mild foxing to interior pages. Book in Good condition.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Good. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/4". Western Americana.

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Bookseller: Bee Creek Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 007317
Title: TAR: A MIDWEST CHILDHOOD
Author: Anderson, Sherwood
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Edition: Second Printing
Publisher: Boni and Liveright
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1926
Keywords: Western Americana
Bookseller catalogs: Western Americana;
Size: Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/4"

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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....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
Pebbled: Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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...
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....
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.