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Rockwell Kent's Greenland Journal
by Kent, Rockwell
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Foster, Rhode Island, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Obolensky, 1962. First Edition. hardcover. Good. 9x6x1. Ivan Obolensky, Inc.; New York, 1962. Hardcover. First Edition. A Good, green cloth binding with silver lettering on spine, binding intact, some handling/scuffing to boards, bit of crimping to spine edges, some rubbing and sunning along board edges, slightly cocked, bumped board corners, some age toning to pages, some scattered foxing to text block edges, mild biblichor, spine buckram starting to separate from backing material, in a Good, some handling/scuff marks to panels, bit of edge/corner wear, few small tears and chips along edges, sunned spine and verso, mild scattered foxing to verso panels and flaps, Dust Wrapper. A good, overall clean and unmarked copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches]. 302pp., b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lavendier Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU1039685
- Title
- Rockwell Kent's Greenland Journal
- Author
- Kent, Rockwell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Obolensky
- Date Published
- 1962
- Size
- 9x6x1
- Weight
- 3.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Lavendier Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Lavendier Books
Biblio member since 2008
Foster, Rhode Island
About Lavendier Books
Selling quailty books for over 20 years.
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- 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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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....
- 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.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- 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...
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