Fear is the Thorn
by FIELD, Rachel
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. First edition. 8vo, pp. viii, 88. Green cloth, lettered in gilt. Endpapers toned, a few spots, else, clean and tidy. In the original dust jacket: price-clipped with red rubberstamp price cancel ($1.35) at bottom edge of front flap, sunned and lightly soiled, closed tear to bottom of front flap edge, spine ends and corners nicked, with tape reinforcements to reverse. Still, a handsome, square copy. Near Fine/VG. Field (1894-1942) was a successful novelist and poet, recipient of the Newbery Medal for her 1929 Hitty, Her First Hundred Years, as well as one of the inaugural National Book Awards for her novel, Time Out of Mind (1935).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quair Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1344
- Title
- Fear is the Thorn
- Author
- FIELD, Rachel
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1936
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About the Seller
Quair Books
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
About Quair Books
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- Cloth
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- First Edition
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- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...