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White Hands
by Arthur Stringer
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1927. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 12mo. 302pp. Bound in the original publisher cloth boards. VERY GOOD in Very Good dust jacket. The book itself with a hint of shelf rubbing along the edges, spine cloth ever so slightly furrowed, endpapers somewhat rubbed and toned, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards remain bright and distinct. The dust jacket shows shelf rubbing along the edges and corners with some light creasing and shallow closed tears, panels just lightly rubbed, otherwise is not price-clipped remaining bright, colorful and distinct. As pictured.
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Details
- Bookseller
- North Books: Used & Rare
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L289
- Title
- White Hands
- Author
- Arthur Stringer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Bobbs-Merrill Company
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1927
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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St. Louis, Missouri
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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