Enjoyment of Literature Adventures Among the Masterpieces from Homer to Hardy
by John Cowper Powys
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Seller
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North Tonawanda, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1938. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Green tweed boards, slightly sunned at top and spine. Binding tight. Endpapers clean. No writing, stickers or stamps and no notations or underlining. Good dust jacket is price clipped but has only slight chipping at edges. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 522 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Old Editions Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8484
- Title
- Enjoyment of Literature Adventures Among the Masterpieces from Homer to Hardy
- Author
- John Cowper Powys
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- Literature, Bible, Greeks, PROUST
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Old Editions Inc.
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About the Seller
Old Editions Inc.
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North Tonawanda, New York
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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....
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
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