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The Short Stories of Henry James (Modern Library Giant #G11.3)
by JAMES, Henry
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Fair dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good+ in Fair dust jacket. [c.1954]. Hardcover. A Modern Library Giant edition presenting seventeen stories by Henry James (1843-1916), selected and introduced by Clifton Fadiman. Includes "The Middle Years," "Mrs. Medwin," "The Beast in the Jungle" and others. --- In Toledano spine G5 / pale green cloth / gilt titling & ML torchbearer oval on red cover & spine blocks / faded red topstain / blank GA style endpapers / jacket style Gd, verso advertises 371 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1954 (though 1945 date appears in book). ML #G11.3. --- A loosened front hinge has been repaired on this item; with mild age-toning to leaves and acidic staining to endpapers, else a tightly-bound, unmarked, sound copy. Fair-only, brittle dust jacket with numerous tears (including full-length one at spine), darkened spine but remaining mostly intact and protected in new removable mylar wrapper.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xx, 644 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 88234
- Title
- The Short Stories of Henry James (Modern Library Giant #G11.3)
- Author
- JAMES, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Fair dust jacket
- Publisher
- The Modern Library / Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [c.1954]
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About the Seller
Bluebird Books
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Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
Bluebird Books is the bookselling business of Eric Mayer, operating from my base in Littleton, Colorado. I specialize in classic fiction and literature, books on birds and natural history, railroadiana, biography, history and many other genres. Bluebird Books features publications by the Modern Library and Everyman's Library. I offer free shipping on books shipped within the US via USPS Media Mail. INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: I recommend that you use Biblio.com for your international orders because they have formed a partnership with Asendia to allow for much more affordable shipping on parcels weighing under 5 lb. (about 2.26 kg).
Glossary
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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....
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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