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The Art of The Common-Place
by Wendell Berry
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 1582431469
- ISBN 13
- 9781582431468
- Seller
-
Covington, Kentucky, United States
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About This Item
Counterpoint Press, Washington, D.C, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 6x1x9. Signed. Good Book/Good Dust Jacket. First Edition. First printing as stated. Edited and introduction by Norman Wirzba. SIGNED IN PERSON BY WENDELL BERRY DIRECTLY TO THE TITLE PAGE. Maroon quarter paper binding with cream textured paper over boards, gilt stamped initials on front, gilt stamped title on spine, and turquoise endpapers. Cover shows stray green mark on front, light soiling, rubbing, and scratch on back. Rubbing to spine and tail end of spine heavily bumped. Upper corner of front cover bumped. Dust jacket shows edgewear to top and bottom, Heavy sunning to spine, rubbing to spine ends and corners. Age tanning to top edge of flaps, creases to corners of front flap. Some stains on fore edge of textblock, light soiling to all edges. Slight bend to upper corner of front free endpaper that continues through page 24. Erased price on flyleaf by previous seller. Hinges sound. Binding tight. Spine slightly cocked. Upper corner of textblock bumped. 327 pages. 6-1/4 X 9-1/4.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Roebling Point Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4370
- Title
- The Art of The Common-Place
- Author
- Wendell Berry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1582431469
- ISBN 13
- 9781582431468
- Publisher
- Counterpoint Press, Washington, D.C
- Place of Publication
- Washington, D.c., U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2002
- Size
- 6x1x9
- Bookseller catalogs
- Wendell Berry Signed Collection;
- X weight
- 22 oz
Terms of Sale
Roebling Point Books
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
Roebling Point Books
Biblio member since 2022
Covington, Kentucky
About Roebling Point Books
Roebling Rare is the online/antiquarian books division of Roebling Point Books, with bricks-and-mortar locations in Covington and Newport KY.
Glossary
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- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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