The Torch & Other Tales
by PHILLPOTTS, Eden
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan, [1929]. First American Edition. From British sheets. Crown octavo (21cm). Red cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 286pp. Ink ownership signature inside front cover ("Louise H. Denton"); small area of foxing to front free endpaper, else a straight, tight, Near Fine copy. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $2.50 on front flap), slightly soiled and edgeworn with a brief tear at base of front flap-fold, just Very Good. A collection of fifteen short-stories set in the author's native Devonshire. Uncommon in jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 57439
- Title
- The Torch & Other Tales
- Author
- PHILLPOTTS, Eden
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1929]
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Great Britain;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...