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A GOODLY HERITAGE [INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR]
by Mary Ellen Chase
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very good +/fair
- Seller
-
Blue Hill, Maine, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Henry Holt, 1936. Hardcover. Very good +/fair. 6 x 9 in. Cloth boards. Inscribed by Chase on the title pg, dated 1968. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; covers very clean with minimal wear. BInding tight. PO's bookplate on verso of pictoral ffep. Text unmarked. DJ is FAIR ; missing part of spine with an internal tape repair there, large chips and loss at edges. Maine. RGR.
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- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52127
- Title
- A GOODLY HERITAGE [INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR]
- Author
- Mary Ellen Chase
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Jacket Condition
- fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Henry Holt
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1936
- Bookseller catalogs
- Maine;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Andre Strong Bookseller
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Blue Hill, Maine
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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
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