MAID IN WAITING
by John Galsworthy
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1931. First US edition with the Scribner's "A" on the copyright page. VG/G. Dust jacket edge worn with chipping, pieces missing at spine ends; original $2.50 price intact on flap; in a new Bordart clear protective sleeve. Light fading to edges of noards and spine ends. Binding is strong. Text block is tight with foxing to top edge. Interior is clean throughout. No writing or markings of any kind. Photo is of the actual book you will receive. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed with care in a box.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.
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- Bookseller
- Lost Time
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 090220-17
- Title
- MAID IN WAITING
- Author
- John Galsworthy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons, New York
- Date Published
- 1931
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lost Time
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Brattleboro, Vermont
About Lost Time
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
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