Deep Waters
by Jacobs, W.W
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair to Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
-
Plainfield, Vermont, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1919. First American edition. Decorative ink-stamped cover. Spine mildly darkened; 3/8" tear in cloth at top of spine. Some mild soiling on back cover, and a long light scratch. Rear inner hinge splitting (loose) from top down to 3" from bottom, where it is cracked but holding. Interior otherwise tight and clean, just beginning to lightly tan.. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fair to Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Country Bookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29328
- Title
- Deep Waters
- Author
- Jacobs, W.W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair to Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1919
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- First American Edition, Humor, Comic Novels, Fiction
Terms of Sale
The Country Bookshop
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
The Country Bookshop
Biblio member since 2011
Plainfield, Vermont
About The Country Bookshop
60,000 books, old postcards, and assorted paper ephemera in an old house located in the rural town of Plainfield, VT. We have been in business since 1974. We're open 7 days a week from 10 until 5.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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....
- 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...
- 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,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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