Onions in the Stew
by MacDonald, Betty
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good - Reading Copy/No Jacket
- Seller
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Vashon, Washington, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1955. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Good - Reading Copy/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In black cloth spine over yellow boards, 8vo, 256pp. Another classic from Vashon Island landmark writer and historian Betty MacDonald. A Good reading copy with shelfwear, rubbing and soiling to outer extremities, toning to edges and endpapers, rear hinge cracking.
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- Seller
- Vashon Island Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 0841381
- Title
- Onions in the Stew
- Author
- MacDonald, Betty
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good - Reading Copy
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
- Publisher
- Lippincott
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- Humor Literary Biography Washington State Vashon Island
Terms of Sale
Vashon Island Books
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About the Seller
Vashon Island Books
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Vashon, Washington
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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