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APRIL HOPES
by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Crockett, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, U.S.A.: HARPER & BROTHERS, 1887. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. FIRST EDITION. COPYRIGHT 1887. 484pp. RED CLOTH HARDBOUND, GILT GOLD STAMPED/EMBOSSED TITLE/PUBLISHER ON SPINE COVER AND FRONT BOARD WITH STAMPED/EMBOSSED SIGNATURE OF AUTHOR IN LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER. DIMENSIONS: 7 1/2" x 5 1/4" x 1 1/4". CONDITION: VERY GOOD, BUMPED SPINE COVER CROWN/HEEL (SOME FRAYING OF CLOTH), GENTLY-MODERATELY SUNNED SPINE COVER, GENTLY BUMPED/MODERATELY RUBBED CORNERS (INSIDE BOARDS EXPOSED AT BOTTOM CORNERS, EX-LIBRIS OWNERSHIP LABEL PASTED INSIDE FRONT BOARD PAGE, SPORADIC LIGHT BROWN SPOTTING UP THROUGH PAGE 23 IN RIGHT AND LOWER MARGIN AREA OF TEXT PAGES, REAR BOARD HAS PENCIL PRICE NOTES AT TOP, LIGHT SPOTTING OF UPPER LEAF EDGE, FRONT AND REAR BOARDS ARE RUBBED IN CENTER AREAS AND EDGES OF BOARDS, TEXT PAGES BRIGHT AND CLEAN, STRONG SPINE. VERY NICE BOOK.
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Details
- Bookseller
- De Coux and Associates Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000133
- Title
- APRIL HOPES
- Author
- WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- HARPER & BROTHERS
- Place of Publication
- NEW YORK, NEW YORK, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1887
- Keywords
- APRIL HOPES, WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS General, General, General, Literary
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
De Coux and Associates Books
Biblio member since 2013
Crockett, California
About De Coux and Associates Books
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...