Big Ben
by Miers, Earl Schenck
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Ontario, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Philadelphia: Westminister Press, 1942. HB. Gray cloth, red lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, 238pp. First edition of this fictional biography of Paul Robeson. Owners name ffep, otherwise clean tight book in dust jacket that shows minor chipping, old tape reinforcement top of spine. Book condition VG+ in VG DJ.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Parker's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- HM7045
- Title
- Big Ben
- Author
- Miers, Earl Schenck
- Format/Binding
- HB
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Westminister Press
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1942
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Parker's Rare Books
All books returnable within two weeks of receipt for any reason with full refund. Return postage will be reimbursed if book not as described or damaged in transit. Payment by check or money order in U.S. dollars, or payment via credit card through the Biblio check-out.
About the Seller
Parker's Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Ontario, Wisconsin
About Parker's Rare Books
Specializing in antiquarian, collectible, scholarly, and rare books of all genres.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...