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Walt Whitman: An American
by Canby, Henry Seidel
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- NF
- Seller
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Alliance, Ohio, United States
Item Price
NZ$25.26NZ$12.63
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. NF. 1943. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition bound in gray cloth. A near fine copy in a very good dus t jacket. Mild dusting along the book's upper edges. Name and date ink ed on the front endpaper. Mild tanning to the page margins. The dust j acket has chipping along the head of its spine and rubs to the lower s pine tips and corners. Rubbing along the rear spine edge and rubs/nick s to the panels' upper edges. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dearly Departed Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40816
- Title
- Walt Whitman: An American
- Author
- Canby, Henry Seidel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - NF
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1943
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
Dearly Departed Books
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Alliance, Ohio
About Dearly Departed Books
Selling books since 1978. We specialize in SF, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Western & Pulp Fiction. With an inventory of more than 35,000 Hardcover 1st editions, Vintage Paperbacks , Pulp Magazines & general antiquarian books. Store front open by chance or appointment.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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