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The Master of the Inn
by Herrick, Robert
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
U.S.A: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1916. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6. Type: Hardback Nineteenth Impression. Hardcover Novelette in Good Condition. No jacket. Originally published in 1908. Binding of black quarter cloth over spine, brown paper wrappers, black titles on front cover. Corners of boards worn, spine ends scuffed. Small discoloration area on front near fore edge. Rough cut. Text pages clean, and unmarked, no creasing, toned. Sewn binding is tight & solid. The interior is and clean, unmarked, untorn. Quite a unique little book. A physician who finds a cure for mental and physical ill health in quiet contemplation and physical labor maintains an Inn in the New England countryside--the Master of the Inn. He knew one of his guests earlier in his life--and you'll need to read the book to find out what happens then. A masterful author. 84 pages. 7.5 x 4.75 inches. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1916.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008187
- Title
- The Master of the Inn
- Author
- Herrick, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1916
- Size
- 12mo - over 6
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- HERRICK, ROBERT, 1868-1938 LITERATURE, AMERICAN, EARLY 20TH CENTURY MENTAL ILLNESS PHILOSOPHY PSYCHOLOGY MEDICINE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction. Classics;
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- 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"...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
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