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1900
by West, Rebecca
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0517142686
- ISBN 13
- 9780517142684
- Seller
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Steelton, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Crescent Books, 1996. Originally published in 1982, this is the First Printing Thus of a new 1996 edition, with the appropriate "number line" ending in a "1." The book is in Fine condition with a Very Good+ dust jacket (click on photo). Rebecca West captures the new century as it was in the world of politics, art and literature, music, theatre, science, philosophy, psychiatry, and major events. The book includes black-and-white period photographs throughout to highlight West's insightful and stirring text. The book is bound in green covered boards with gilt spine lettering and green endpapers. There is a remainder dot on the bottom edge. The dust jacket has edge rubbing and several tiny tears, including one on the top spine tip that the former owner repaired with tape. The book measures 10 1/8 by 8 1/2 inches and includes 192 pages, with Index.. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Grimalkin Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001185
- Title
- 1900
- Author
- West, Rebecca
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0517142686
- ISBN 13
- 9780517142684
- Publisher
- Crescent Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- World History
- Bookseller catalogs
- World History; Biography and Autobiography;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Grimalkin Books
Grimalkin Books is located in Steelton, Pennsylvania, the first town south of Harrisburg. We specialize in older, unusual books and sets, often literary, artistic, or historical. "Grimalkin" is old English for an old gray cat, mainly because the owner, Bob Amsel, is a cat lover. All books subject to prior sale. Payment must be received within 10 days of the order or item will be returned to stock. We accept money orders, bank checks, personal checks (allow time to clear), PayPal or MasterCard/Visa through Biblio's credit card processing service. International orders must be paid in US dollars and can be paid via PayPal, credit card (through ABE), or International Postal Money Order. Your purchase will be carefully packaged to protect it during shipping. Books may not be returned just because the buyer has changed his mind. Only books with actual defects that were not mentioned by the seller in the listing may be returned. Please insure returns for their full value.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
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- Remainder
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- Gilt
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
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