Second Growth
by Stegner, Wallace
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/VG-
- Seller
-
SANDY, Utah, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston, Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin, The Riverside Press, 1947. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. VG/VG-. [Colberg A9.1.a]. 8vo, green cloth, pp. [xvi], 240, illustrated (with a frontispiece map of the town of Westwick). A verg good copy in a tight binding. Dust jacket has substantial edgewear, some chipping around the spine, and a small jagged piece missing from the lower front. Price is intact on front fold down. Overall, a very good copy of this inexpensively produced war-era novel. All books are carefully wrapped in both white plain paper and bubble wrap to PREVENT shipping damage.
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Details
- Bookseller
- PIERIAN SPRING BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000158
- Title
- Second Growth
- Author
- Stegner, Wallace
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- VG-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin, The Riverside Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- STEGNER WALLACE FICTION NOVEL
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About the Seller
PIERIAN SPRING BOOKS
Biblio member since 2019
SANDY, Utah
About PIERIAN SPRING BOOKS
Pierian Spring Books has been selling rare and collectible books since 1989. We specialize in Western Americana, Mormons, and Utah, especially books in original dust jackets published before 1930, pre-publication books and ephemera (manuscripts, galleys, proofs, ARCs, prospectuses, etc.), and Fine Press and Limited edition books. Outside of Western Americana, we also focus on Books about Books, Bibliomysteries, and Modern First Editions. Only a fraction of our books are currently listed on-line, so please contact us with any want list items and we may be able to help you.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.