Beasley's Christmas Party
by Booth Tarkington
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Norwalk, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Illustrated by Ruth Sypherd Clements. Red decorative embossed boards with gold lettering. Bump to lower front board edge. Some fading to spine. Cloth at board corners and top and tail of spine heavily rubbed. Some light spotting to rear board. Front free endpaper torn out. Front hinge cracked. Pages clean and unmarked.
Synopsis
The maple-bordered street was as still as a country Sunday; so quiet that there seemed an echo to my footsteps. It was four o'clock in the morning; clear October moonlight misted through the thinning foliage to the shadowy sidewalk and lay like a transparent silver fog upon the house of my admiration, as I strode along, returning from my first night's work on the "Wainwright Morning Despatch."
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- Bookseller
- Roxanna Nazari, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1532
- Title
- Beasley's Christmas Party
- Author
- Booth Tarkington
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...