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The Romance of Rosy Ridge
by Kantor, MacKinlay
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York, NY, USA: Coward-McCann, 1937. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Crawford, Will. First edition, first printing. 96pp, with black and white illustrations by Will Crawford. Bound in beige cloth-covered boards with brown titles on spine. 12mo. Boards slightly rubbed and rounded at corners and spine tips, a little discoloured, especially on edges and around spine. Upper text block edge dusty, all edges darkened. Some toning on endpapers and, mildly, in margins of first and last few leaves. In its original worn and rubbed dust jacket, a few short, closed tears from edges, toned and sunned over spine. Mackinlay Kantor (born Benjamin McKinlay Kantor), 1904-1977, was an American journalist, screenwriter and novelist, writing more than thirty novels, several set during the American Civil War. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his 1955 novel, Andersonville. We have many of his novels and other works in stock - please inquire for discounts if considering ordering more than one title.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017052
- Title
- The Romance of Rosy Ridge
- Author
- Kantor, MacKinlay
- Illustrator
- Crawford, Will
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Impression
- Publisher
- Coward-McCann
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, USA
- Date Published
- 1937
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Forgotten Authors, Fiction, Novels, Vintage Books
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About the Seller
BookAddiction
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nr Canterbury, Kent
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Based in the leafy hamlet of Chartham Hatch, just a few miles from the historic Cathedral city of Canterbury, BookAddiction offers beautiful, illustrated and collectible used books and a selection of unique works on paper.BookAddiction was established in 1999 (originally trading as The Virtual Bookshelf). We are members of the book-selling co-operation, Ibooknet, which extends the highest professional and ethical standards, and are in the process of joining the Provincial Booksellers' Fairs Association (PBFA).Follow our blog, on books and book collecting at www.bookaddictionuk.wordpress.uk or visit our website at www.bookaddiction.co.uk.We welcome inquiries about our books and endeavour to respond promptly. Please ask away, Offers always welcome.
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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...
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- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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