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The Dancing Floor
by Buchan, John
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Poor
- Seller
-
Andover, Massachusetts, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1926. First printing. Dark blue cloth with light blue lettering. There are small dampstains on the bottom and fore edges. The spine is shallowly creased. Otherwise fine in a square, tight binding with hinges intact. Only the front panel and front flap of the dust jacket are present. The rear panel, spine and rear flap are missing. The price, $2.50, is present on the front flap. In Brodart archival dust jacket protector.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Poor. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Synopsis
The Dancing Floor is a 1926 novel by John Buchan featuring Edward Leithen in a subsidiary role. It is the third of five novels written about the character of Leithen.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Banjo Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010669
- Title
- The Dancing Floor
- Author
- Buchan, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston & New York
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- Collectible
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Banjo Booksellers
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About the Seller
Banjo Booksellers
Biblio member since 2004
Andover, Massachusetts
About Banjo Booksellers
On-line and mail-order only. We have a wide variety of books, both fiction and non-fiction, with an emphasis on modern first editions and collectible childrens books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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