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The Woolcott Reader Bypaths In The Realms of Gold
by Alexander Woolcott
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
Item Price
NZ$23.86NZ$20.28
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About This Item
Hardcover, published by Viking, 1935. A third printing copy. The first being in December 1935, this third printing was issued later the same month. A collection of some of Woolcott's favorite fiction, each followed by a short Afterword. Authors include; J.M. Barrie, Anthony Hope, Thornton Wilder, Ian MacLaren, Saki, Clarence Day, Lytton Strachey, and more. A total of 17 selections. 5-7/8" X 8-3/4" X 2", 1,010 pages. Brick red cloth covered boards, with the title within a black field on the spine and a blind stamp impression on the front of the title and a profile of Woolcott design. Cover boards are flat, the corners are not bumped or worn, no edge wear. No dust jacket. No former ownership marks, no writing on the text pages. Sewn binding is tight and square. Edges of the text block are relatively clean with some age tanning to the top edge. Age tanning to the gutter area of the pastedown-endpapers - both front and back. Not a library discard copy. The attached photos are of the copy we have in our inventory.
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- Bookseller
- Hopkins Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22-11742
- Title
- The Woolcott Reader Bypaths In The Realms of Gold
- Author
- Alexander Woolcott
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Short Stories;
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Hopkins Books
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Nashua, New Hampshire
About Hopkins Books
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- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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