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Vandover and the Brute
by Frank Norris
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday Page & Co, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Frank Norris' fourth book published after his death, First Edition, 354 pages, sienna boards with gilt titles to front board and spine, Book is graded only Good because it is missing the front and rear free page, both hinges cracked but holding very well, book in mylar sleeve, previous owner embossed seal and name writen on half title page. without these issues the book would be very good plus, small red mark on top edge, else very clean, receipt from bookseller to previous owner for $55.00. A presentable First Edition at a bargain price. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000867
- Title
- Vandover and the Brute
- Author
- Frank Norris
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday Page & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1914
- Keywords
- Frank Norris
Terms of Sale
Pacific Coast Books
10 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
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Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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