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The Best Short Stories Of O. Henry
by Henry, O.; Cerf, Bennett A. (Selection And Introduction)
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Woodlawn, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Modern Library, 1946. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1946 Is The Date On The Copyright Page. This Modern Library Edition Probably Published In The 1960'S. The Book Is Bound In Blue Cloth With Gilt Titling Within A Brown Field On The Front And Spine. Light Wear With A Former Owner's Book Plate On The Front Pastedown. Rear Hinge Cracked At Page 339. Faint Sticker Residue On The Front Board.
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- Bookseller
- Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 046302
- Title
- The Best Short Stories Of O. Henry
- Author
- Henry, O.; Cerf, Bennett A. (Selection And Introduction)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1946
- Pages
- 340
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Keywords
- Short Stories. Short Stories (single author)
Terms of Sale
Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
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
Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
Biblio member since 2013
Woodlawn, Illinois
About Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
I have a small inventory of about 23,000 titles. I sell from my own property and only on-line. I started selling on line in 1999. This is my Fourth year with Biblio.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
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