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PORTRAIT IN A MIRROR
by Charles Morgan
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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About This Item
London: London: MacMIllan and Co., 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. 320 pgs. Green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Condition is VERY GOOD ; corners and ends of spine bumped and slightly worn, some rubbing to sides of spine, covers have near invisible spots, spine slightly cocked, binding tight, text very clean, edges of text block mildly foxed. Fiction. RGR
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- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6277
- Title
- PORTRAIT IN A MIRROR
- Author
- Charles Morgan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- London: MacMIllan and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1929
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Andre Strong Bookseller
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Blue Hill, Maine
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Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
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