The Unspeakable Gentleman
by Marquand, J.P.(A.I. Keller, frontispiece
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- FAIR
- Seller
-
Bethel, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. Hardbound. FAIR. No dust jacket. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION of Marquand's first novel; special edition produced for the American Booksellers' Association. Tight, age tanned pages and faded covers, age soiled exterior and foxed end papers, slight tilt to spine. Rubbed cover corners with slight inward curl. Paste-on title block on spine is soiled with a rip down the middle (nothing missing). 1.4
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rainy Day Paperback Exchange (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6-DT002
- Title
- The Unspeakable Gentleman
- Author
- Marquand, J.P.(A.I. Keller, frontispiece
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - FAIR
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1922
- Keywords
- Bookseller catalogs
- FICTION / Historical;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rainy Day Paperback Exchange
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Bethel, Connecticut
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Age Tanned
- Age tanning, or browning, occurs over time on the pages of books. This process can show up on just the edges of pages, when...