Tar: A Midwest Childhood
by Anderson, Sherwood
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1926. Book. Fine. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, brown buckram covered boards with gilt titles and gilt and blue cover decoration and blue spine label with gilt title. 346pp. A very tight, clean volume with bright cover and spine gilt and no loss to blue decoration or lable. Solid topstain. Very slight browning to very edge of pages as usual. NO marks, NO creases, NO tears, NO stains etc. Very near fine..
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- Bookseller
- Brillig Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 07457
- Title
- Tar: A Midwest Childhood
- Author
- Anderson, Sherwood
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Boni & Liveright
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- ANDERSON, SHERWOOD, AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL, NOVEL, MIDWEST, BILDUNGSROMAN, AMERICAN, AMERICA, CLASSIC,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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About the Seller
Brillig Books
Biblio member since 2006
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
About Brillig Books
An independent bookseller of uncommon, out-of-print, used and rare books since 1991.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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