Queen of Roses
by Ruth Adams Knight
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Templeton, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday, 1959. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First printing. Stated First Edition on copyright page. Inscribed by author on the front free endpaper.The book is fine, the text block is solid, clean and square. No remainder, not book club. Spine tight, boards rigid and tips pointed. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped but has some small fray/chipping at spine ends and most edges and small rip on front cover.Also a closed tear on the back dj cover. Now looks majestic in it's archival mylar cover.Shipping box is suitable for wrapping with a non-price listed purchase order inside along with biodegradable packing..
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- Bookseller
- Winding Road Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001103
- Title
- Queen of Roses
- Author
- Ruth Adams Knight
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- Fiction Rose Parade Rose Queen Pasadena
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- Remainder
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- Spine
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- Text Block
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- Jacket
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- Copyright page
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