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A Man's House
by Drinkwater, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good+/Good+
- Seller
-
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1934. First Edition . Hardcover. Good+/Good+. First published 1934 stated; INSCRIBED by Drinkwater on ffep, 'This book belongs to Mr. Kettleworth and with it my good wishes. John Drinkwater, Nov. 1934'; 12mo, red cloth; good+ (boards sunned and heavily bowed; edges foxed, starting to affect inside edges of pages; spine sunned; spine ends and corners bumped; eps toned) in good+ dj (spine sunned; edges bumped, chipped, torn and worn; spine head heavily chipped); 95pp.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Page 1 Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6430
- Title
- A Man's House
- Author
- Drinkwater, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Sidgwick & Jackson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1934
- Bookseller catalogs
- Drama;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Page 1 Books
Biblio member since 2006
Albuquerque, New Mexico
About Page 1 Books
The Special Collections Room within Page 1 Books, the largest used bookstore in Albuquerque, NM. We offer a broad selection of collectible and out-of-print books and ephemera in all genres.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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...
- 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....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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