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RETURN TO THE RIVER. A Story of the Chinook Run. Limited edition signed by Roderick L. Haig-Brown and Charles DeFeo.
by Haig-Brown, Roderick L.; Charles DeFeo
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good+ condition
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1941. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Octavo (8vo). 259 pages of text. Original manoon morocco spine with minimal shelfwear, with gilt lettering and spine decoration remaining fine and bright; protected in custom stiff archival mylar. Number 84 of 520 signed by Haig-Brown and De Feo. Lacks the glassine wrapper and the slipcase. Pastedown endpapers are somewhat darkened by binder's choice of glue. The text is uncut, unopened, and clean and unmarked. First limited edition..
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- Bookseller
- Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016617
- Title
- RETURN TO THE RIVER. A Story of the Chinook Run. Limited edition signed by Roderick L. Haig-Brown and Charles DeFeo.
- Author
- Haig-Brown, Roderick L.; Charles DeFeo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good+ condition
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- William Morrow and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1941
- Size
- Octavo (8vo)
Terms of Sale
Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
For most items, media mail shipping will cost $3.95 and Priority $7.95, and insurance is available for an additional cost. Books guaranteed to be as described; condition guaranteed if sent insured. Authenticity guaranteed on autograph and manuscript material. All items returnable within 10 days; notification of return is required; a small restocking fee may apply if return is due to customer error. Shipping rates are for normal octavo (8vo) titles; heavy, oversize (folio and quarto 4to), multi-volumes sets and special services such as insurance are extra.
About the Seller
Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
Biblio member since 2003
Chicago, Illinois
About Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
Primarily mail-order and shows; open bookstore only by appointment or invitation; select inventory of 30,000+ books, ephemera, autographs, maps and manuscript material. Most dustjackets protected in archival mylar. Many books without dustjackets protected in custom archival mylar. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), The Manuscript Society, and the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association (MWABA) (formerly the Midwest Bookhunters or MWBH). Proprietor: Kurt Gippert.
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- Glassine Wrapper
- A thin, partially transparent or translucent paper covering often used ...
- 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....
- 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- 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...
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