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The White Gate: Adventures in the Imagination of a Child
by Chase, Mary Ellen
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/Good (in mylar)
- Seller
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Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
NY: W. W. Norton & Company, 1954. Author's inki signature on title page; Surface abrasion to upper corner on ffep caused by sticker removal, else textblock is clean and tight; Sunned blue cloth spine, bumping to the head and foot, decorative boards lightly peeling at the corners. Unclipped dust jacket, chipping and tears to the head and foot of spine and to the corners, character and moisture-soiled sides, label remnant on spine, moisture soiling to back bottom edge. 185pp.. Signed by Author. Cloth Spine, Decorated Sides. Very Good/Good (in mylar). Illus. by Nora S. Unwin (decorations by). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
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- Bookseller
- Clausen Books, RMABA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SB15675
- Title
- The White Gate: Adventures in the Imagination of a Child
- Author
- Chase, Mary Ellen
- Illustrator
- Nora S. Unwin (decorations by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good (in mylar)
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1954
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Maine Memoirs, Mary Ellen Chase memoirs, Mary Ellen Chase Biographical Fiction
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About the Seller
Clausen Books, RMABA
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Colorado Springs, Colorado
About Clausen Books, RMABA
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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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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....
- 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...
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