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The House of the Fighting Cocks
by Baerlein, Henry
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good DJ
- Seller
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Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1922. First American Edition 1st Printing. Maroon Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good DJ. 7 1/2" High. 306 Unmarked Pages.Maroon Cloth Stamped In White. Undated, Assumed 1922 Publication Year. Ad On Rear Flap For Virginia Wold's "Jacob's Room", List Of 23 Titles On Rear Panel. "A Humorous Picaresque Novel Of Old Mexico." Endpapers Slightly Yellowed And Mottled. Covers Clean And Bright. Dj In Brodart, Bright And Attractive, With A 1/2" Closed Tear Near Bottom Tip; Spine Bottom Chipped With A 1/4" Chip At Spine Bottom, Near Fold Edge; 1/4" Closed Tear At Top Rear Gutter Edge; All Edges Shelf-Worn; Price Clipped.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arroyo Seco Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003017
- Title
- The House of the Fighting Cocks
- Author
- Baerlein, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Maroon Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1922
- Size
- 7 1/2" High
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature: Twentieth and Twenty-First Century;
Terms of Sale
Arroyo Seco Books
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About the Seller
Arroyo Seco Books
Biblio member since 2013
Pasadena, California
About Arroyo Seco Books
Arroyo Seco Books lists about 26,000 used books in all fields, including physics, art, philosophy, social science, literature, science fiction, etc. We also stock modern and antiquarian prints and other art. Most items are listed in 100 catalogs titled by subject matter, and available on this site. We purchase interesting private libraries. Member of IOBA. Contact: Stephen Clauser, 626-372-3863.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- 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...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher'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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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