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A Little Book Of Profitable Tales
by Field, Eugene
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Woodlawn, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1891. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1889 On The Copyright Page And 1891 On The Title Page. The Book Is Bound In A Blue Cloth Over Boards With Gilt Lettering On The Spine. The Top Edges Are Gilt. The Cover Has Moderate Edge Wear And Dust Soiling. Former Owner's Signature On The Ffep. Hinges Sound And The Text Appears To Be Free Of Notation. The Spine Has Darkened.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 048129
- Title
- A Little Book Of Profitable Tales
- Author
- Field, Eugene
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1891
- Pages
- 286
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Keywords
- Field, Eugene, 1850-1895; Short Stories - Fiction. Short Stories (single author)
Terms of Sale
Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
Biblio member since 2013
Woodlawn, Illinois
About Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
I have a small inventory of about 23,000 titles. I sell from my own property and only on-line. I started selling on line in 1999. This is my Fourth year with Biblio.
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- 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...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
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