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The Secret of Lost Things
by Hay, Sheridan
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover in brown paper boards with a brown cloth spine. Near Fine/Near Fine. Like new, with dust jacket protected with a new Brodart cover. Full number line and stated first edition. A nice near fine copy. I do not grade fine unless books are brand new, in publisher's wrap.
Synopsis
Sheridan Hay has worked in book stores (including the Strand) and in trade publishing for many years. She holds an MFA in writing and literature from Bennington, and has published short stories. She teaches writing in the graduate program at Parson's School of Design at the New School. This is her first novel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Librariana Fine Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 670
- Title
- The Secret of Lost Things
- Author
- Hay, Sheridan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover in brown paper boards with a brown cloth spine
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
- Bookseller catalogs
- FINE BOOKS;
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- All items have Mylar protection on the dust jacket or are presented in sleeves whenever possible.
About the Seller
Librariana Fine Books
Biblio member since 2022
Portland, Oregon
About Librariana Fine Books
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Our mission is to help individuals, families and organizations furnish their bookspaces in a way that reflects their personality and values.
Beginning with fine books, and extending to other "librariana" - art, antiques and collectibles that make a space a library. We also repair books, and consult with home owners, organizations and bookstore owners looking to make their bookspaces into purposeful sanctuaries.
Whether your bookspace is a corner shelf in a bedroom, or a grand corporate space for meetings and work, Librariana can help "improve your library".
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- 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...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
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