The Understanding Heart
by KYNE, Peter B
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. A first edition of Peter B. Kyne's western novel, which is the story of Bob Mason, a forest ranger who was wrongfully convicted of murder. Includes four plates bearing black & white illustrations by Herbert M. Stoops. This book was made into a 1927 silent film starring Joan Crawford in an early role. --- In full ribbed green cloth-covered boards with cover & spine gilt-stamped titling and decorations. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- With prior owner's signature to front free endpaper, otherwise a tightly-bound, unmarked, sound copy.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; (10), 374 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87621
- Title
- The Understanding Heart
- Author
- KYNE, Peter B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Cosmopolitan Book Corporation
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1926
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About the Seller
Bluebird Books
Biblio member since 2005
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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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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....