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Raintree County
by Lockridge, Jr., Ross
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/good
- Seller
-
Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/good. Octavo. xv, [1], 1066 pages. Original green cloth boards with gilt titles and decorative elements on upper board and spine, pictorial endpapers, book lightly cocked (typical for this volume of 1065 pp.), spine tips rubbed, gilt on the upper board mostly rubbed away, in a price-clipped jacket with short tears at the spine tips and corners and a sunned spine. Front hinge is broken exposing the webbing. Browning to the front inner hinge. Pages 849 to the end have light dampstains and slight warping on the edges. No mildew or mold inside. Considered by many to be a "Great American Novel," and the basis for the film of the same name. Lockridge's only major work; he committed suicide in the year of publication.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Americana Books ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27652
- Title
- Raintree County
- Author
- Lockridge, Jr., Ross
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1948
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Americana Books ABAA
Biblio member since 2009
Stone Mountain, Georgia
About Americana Books ABAA
Americana Books in business since 1993 specializing in American History and Americana. Member ABAA ( Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America)
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- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Mildew
- Mildew is an all-too-common affliction that plagues books and erodes their collectibility, value and preservation. A fungus...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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....
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