The Points of My Compass: Letters from the East, the West, the North, the South
by White, E. B
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket
- Seller
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North Tonawanda, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harper & Row. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1962. First Printing. Hardcover. book top edge pages lightly foxed, small dark spot fore-edge pages. DJ price-clipped, small puncture spine, corners slightly worn, extremities rubbed, small closed tear foot of spine, small closed tear with chip bottom of rear panel. Overall a solid copy with DJ protected in mylar. ; 8vo, brown boards, black cloth spine with gilt lettering, DJ, 240pp. (uncut) . .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Editions Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3783
- Title
- The Points of My Compass: Letters from the East, the West, the North, the South
- Author
- White, E. B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Printing
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- LITERARY, LETTERS, WHITE
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Old Editions Inc.
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North Tonawanda, New York
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...