That Day Alone
by Van Paassen, Pierre
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Dial Press, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. About Fine in a Very Good jacket designed by George Salter, clipped, generally toned, a few small closed tears and small chips. Red buckram, rubbed at the edges, with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a yellow top stain, former owner's name on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. Van Paassen's novel about violent economic, social, and political upheaval.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5883
- Title
- That Day Alone
- Author
- Van Paassen, Pierre
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Dial Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1941
- Keywords
- Modern Literature, 20th Century Literature,
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
About Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...