LETTERS OF ASKANCE
by Morley, Christopher
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-/Good+
- Seller
-
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Philadelphia/New York: J. B. Lippincott Company (1939) 318 pp. Original green cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Spine and edges a bit sunned. Light foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. DJ lightly soiled and rubbed w/ wear and several short tears to edges. Modest chipping to corners and spine ends w/ two tiny chips to front panel. Spine darkened. Price clipped. Contents nice.. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7431
- Title
- LETTERS OF ASKANCE
- Author
- Morley, Christopher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia/New York
- Keywords
- ESSAYS ESSAY-COLLECTIONS SHANDYGAFF 1918 RUNNING COMMENTARY EMOTIONS WHOLE GENERATION BIBLIODISIA MICROCOSM SOCIAL HISTORY SOCIOLOGY SOCIALISM SOCIAL SCIENCE NONFICTION GENERAL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Social History; Essays;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
Biblio member since 2007
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...