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Seasoned Timber
by Canfield, Dorothy
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1939. First Edition 8vo size linen-like buckram or cloth cover with brown title block with green lettering and decoration. It's a lovely cover, silky to the touch, not your typical clothbound book. 485 deckle edged pages with brown topstain. Frontispiece is a gorgeous three-color wood block illustrations by Paul Honore. There are no other illustrations. Book fits in a slipcover sleeve box. The slipcase is a brown print with a green title block with coordinating brown lettering and decoration. Author Dorothy Canfield Fisher is perhaps best known for her children's and young adult books, namely Understood Betsy. There is discoloration to interior seams, an address sticker on inside cover, penciled prices on fep. The pages are toned and there are two small dark spots on the inside of back cover. The slipcase is split at bottom and partially at top and has some shelf wear. Family historians note: the name on the sticker is Helena Stout. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. First Edition. Buckram. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Honore, Paul. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charity Bookstall
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000155
- Title
- Seasoned Timber
- Author
- Canfield, Dorothy
- Illustrator
- Honore, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- First Edition; 1st Edition; Frontispiece; Slipcover; Dorothy Canfield Fisher; Novel; Fiction;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Novels; Antiquarian; First Editions;
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About the Seller
Charity Bookstall
Biblio member since 2005
Newton, Massachusetts
About Charity Bookstall
Charity Bookstall is the Biblio storefront for the Morin Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Its primary program is Project Library which supports both adult and child literacy initiatives. Our focus is building and strengthening libraries that cater to underserved readers. We're expanding our mobile library outreach program: giving home libraries to children in need, partnering with libraries to provide library cards and developing programming for lifelong learners of all ages. To learn more about us, or to make a donation, please contact us directly.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Shelf Wear
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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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
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