Lake Huron
by Landon, Fred
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1944. First Editioni. Limited Edition Fine in decorated green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt text and decorations on the front board. with only hints of rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with light wear and rubbing to the ends of the spine area and to the lower edge of the front panel with a 1/4 inch closed tear. Signed by the author on the special, tipped-in page immediately after the first free end sheet. The first volume in The American Lakes Series edited by Milo M. Quaife. 398 pages containing an index and bibliographical notes. Illustrations on plates from black and white photographs. (Fitzgerald, AL3a)
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Details
- Bookseller
- Town's End Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB32994
- Title
- Lake Huron
- Author
- Landon, Fred
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Editioni
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bobbs-Merrill Company
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1944
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Town's End Books
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Deep River, Connecticut
About Town's End Books
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...