CHRISTMAS FORMULA AND OTHER STORIES [SIGNED]
by Benson, Stella
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: Joiner and Steele, Limited, 1932. 449/550, First Edition. Hardcover. Thin Octavo, 67 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in the publisher's light brown cloth bearing gilt lettering to the spine. Glassine wrapper to the boards. Few, minor chips to glassine head/tail edges. Boards have extremely light wear including light rubbed head tail edges. Text block has modest age toning to the edges. Mild offsetting/age toning interiorly. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Limited , numbered, signed copies. This is number 449 of 550 copies. Signed by the author. First edition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column J, ND-J. 1380134. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1380134
- Title
- CHRISTMAS FORMULA AND OTHER STORIES [SIGNED]
- Author
- Benson, Stella
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 449/550, First Edition
- Publisher
- Joiner and Steele, Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1932
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
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Rockville, Maryland
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Glassine Wrapper
- A thin, partially transparent or translucent paper covering often used ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...