New York: Harcourt Brace & Co. 1942 Very Good/Fair. First Edition. Octavo. 507 pages. Black cloth with gilt lettering. Gilt flaking off in places. Small stains on fore edge of text. End sheets browning near hinges. Jacket spine browned. Water stains on top front jacket and on lower rear flap hinge. Usual small chips and tears at ends of jacket hinges. Larger chip at head of jacket spine. Inch-long tears in jacket along top front spine hinge and top front flap hinge..

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Bookseller: Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 999876
Title: Sherwood Anderson's Memoirs
Author: Anderson, Sherwood
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York: Harcourt Brace & Co. 1942

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Bookworks MWABA, IOBA

All books are subject to prior sale, though we make every effort to keep our inventory current. Books are returnable within ten days with prior notification. We will request extra shipping for large books and sets going to addresses outside the United States.

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Bookworks MWABA, IOBA

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Beloit, Wisconsin

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About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA

Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.

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Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Fore Edge: The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
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...
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....
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...