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Against the Cold
by Bynner, Witter
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Arrowsic, Maine, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. Hardcover. Green cloth, gilt title on spine. Xi, 125 pp. Stated first edition. Inscribed on flyleaf to novelist John Evans, son of Mabel Dodge Luhan: "To John on his gracious birthday -- with Hal's affection. Witter Brynner January 4 1941." One of a number of books we have acquired from the library of John Evan. Condition: Good, top edge dusted, endpapers toned and lightly foxed, contents clean and sound; dust jacket fair with wear on covers, loss at head, foot, and center of spine, and 3 cm x 6 cm loss at lower left corner of back panel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- James Arsenault & Company
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4847
- Title
- Against the Cold
- Author
- Bynner, Witter
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940
Terms of Sale
James Arsenault & Company
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
James Arsenault & Company
Biblio member since 2021
Arrowsic, Maine
About James Arsenault & Company
James Arsenault & Company was established in 1988. Our stock consists of Americana, literature, fine press, early photography, plate books, trade catalogs, autographs & manuscripts, ephemera, maps, and historical prints, as well as fine and rare books and pamphlets in a variety of fields. We are members in good standing of the ABAA and ILAB, and have exhibited for many years at numerous rare book fairs in both the northeast and in California. We do not have an open shop, but welcome your inquiries regarding items in our stock possibly of interest to you.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
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