About the House
by Auden, W.H
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394403193
- ISBN 13
- 9780394403199
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Random House, 1965. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. From the private library of William H. Matchett, with his bookplate pastedown on the ffep. 84 pp., 8vo. - measuring over 5 1/2 in. x 8 1/2 in. One quarter black cloth with brown boards and gilt titles stamped on the spine. The dust jacket has cream panels with a teal topstain. A lovely copy with light foxing on the fore-edge of the pages, else Very Good. The dust jacket is in Very Good condition with a 1/10 in. tear on the front panel and a correction made in pen by Matchett on the black flap.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 626410
- Title
- About the House
- Author
- Auden, W.H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0394403193
- ISBN 13
- 9780394403199
- Publisher
- Random House
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
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Terms of Sale
Arundel Books of Seattle
7-day return only if not as described (you must notify us immediately on upon receipt of any problem). We pack carefully.
About the Seller
Arundel Books of Seattle
Biblio member since 2005
Seattle, Washington
About Arundel Books of Seattle
Arundel Books stunning new store is located in Seattle's historic Pioneer Square, and has an eclectic stock that will satisfy both the avid reader and discriminating collector.
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...