A Native of Winby and Other Tales
by Jewett, Sarah Orne
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- Condition
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- Seller
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Arrowsic, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company; The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1893, but later. Hardcover. 12mo (7" x 4.75"), green cloth, gilt front cover. 309 pp. Gift inscription in ink on ffep., dated 1922. Early bookseller's ticket on back pastedown. CONDITION: Good, spine faded, with complete loss to gilt in lettering, brown stain extending along front gutter, faint evidence of dampstaining along spine, light wear to extremities. Later printing.
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- Bookseller
- James Arsenault & Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8280
- Title
- A Native of Winby and Other Tales
- Author
- Jewett, Sarah Orne
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company; The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1893, but later
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About the Seller
James Arsenault & Company
Biblio member since 2021
Arrowsic, Maine
About James Arsenault & Company
James Arsenault & Company was established in 1988. Our stock consists of Americana, literature, fine press, early photography, plate books, trade catalogs, autographs & manuscripts, ephemera, maps, and historical prints, as well as fine and rare books and pamphlets in a variety of fields. We are members in good standing of the ABAA and ILAB, and have exhibited for many years at numerous rare book fairs in both the northeast and in California. We do not have an open shop, but welcome your inquiries regarding items in our stock possibly of interest to you.
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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"...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...