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HAPPY HUNTING-GROUNDS
by Roosevelt, Kermit 07c
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG book, POOR DJ. 1st edition. 7.5"x5", 182pp.
- Seller
-
Lyndonville, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: Scribners. VG book, POOR DJ. 1st edition. 7.5"x5", 182pp.. 1920. 1st edition.. Hardcover. VG book, POOR DJ(in Brodart). Roosevelt SIGNS a tipped in slip. Clean & attractive but very worn DJ. Tight. FINE text & photos. . Quite nice book, it stays closed when stood on ts spine. So, read with care, if at all. No aging, foxing, marginalia, etc. Flaws: (1) scuffed extrems & lower front edge. (2) glue browned pastedown gutter lines. (3) Upper inner hinge paper cracking, hinge still sound. (4) Lastly, an odd flaw. Front 1/2" of fep had been cut away. Why ???? DJ with several large chips. Reattached rear DJ flap. Much DJ internal repair with non yellowing Filmoplast repair tissue. See Biblio for more photos. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quiet Friends
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001077
- Title
- HAPPY HUNTING-GROUNDS
- Author
- Roosevelt, Kermit 07c
- Illustrator
- Photographs from the Author
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG book, POOR DJ. 1st edition. 7.5"x5", 182pp.
- Edition
- 1st edition.
- Publisher
- Scribners
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1920
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- VG book, POOR DJ(in Brodart). Roosevelt SIGNS a tipped in slip. Clean, & attractive but very worn DJ. Tight. FINE text & photos., signed, autograph
Terms of Sale
Quiet Friends
Visa, M/C, MO, Check. Shipping is free for a "regular" weight book. But for heavier books, and multi volume sets, we ask for any additional postage. Basically we pay the first $3.
About the Seller
Quiet Friends
Biblio member since 2008
Lyndonville, New York
About Quiet Friends
We sell about 75% internet, 25% book fairs. We have been in business since the early 90's. We pack extremely well. We describe very conservatively and have only a few returns in the 5000 orders we have mailed.
Glossary
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Biblio
- The Greek root for a variety of words referring to the book, such as bibliography, bibliomania, etc. Also, one of the world's...
- 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....
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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