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AUTOBIOGRAPHY WITH LETTERS [SIGNED]
by Phelps, William Lyon
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Rockville, Maryland, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Oxford University Press, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, xxiii, 986 pages. In Good condition with Good dust jacket, price unclipped, "$3.75." Dust jacket shows rubbing to front and back boards, creasing at hinges and fore edges, rubbing to fore edge corners. Dust jacket shows minor tearing to head and tail edges of front and back boards. Dust jacket shows scratching to spine, bumping and mild minus tearing to headcap and tail, minor tear to front hinge at tail edge. Textblock shows blue dyed head edge, age toning and minor scratching to fore and tail edge. Signed copy, accompanied by typed and signed note. RWO Consignment. 1370594. Special Collections.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1370594
- Title
- AUTOBIOGRAPHY WITH LETTERS [SIGNED]
- Author
- Phelps, William Lyon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Rockville, Maryland
About Second Story Books, ABAA
DC's Oldest Rare and Used Bookstore, Second Story Books operates two open shops in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. We have a large internet presence including this website, Amazon, and Ebay, accredited appraisals member ASA, and an in house book binder. For more information go to www.secondstorybooks.com
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
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