The Peak Of The Load; The Waiting Months On The Hilltop From The Entrance Of The Stars And Stripes To The Second Victory On The Marne
by Aldrich, Mildred
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Ontario, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Small, Maynard And Company, 1918. First Printing, October 1918. HB. Green Cloth stamped in black with gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 12 mo, 277 pp., map endpapers. The author was an American journalist living in France during World War I, and published 4 volumes about the war, based on letters, mainly to Gertrude Stein. This volume covers the events from April 1917 to August 1918. Owner's name ffep only mark in book, binding tight. Covers clean. In a price-clipped dust jacket that show minor edge wear, chipping, one closed tear. Book condition VG+ in VG DJ.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Parker's Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- OL8413
- Title
- The Peak Of The Load; The Waiting Months On The Hilltop From The Entrance Of The Stars And Stripes To The Second Victory On The Marne
- Author
- Aldrich, Mildred
- Format/Binding
- HB
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Printing, October 1918
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Small, Maynard And Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1918
- Bookseller catalogs
- World War I;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Parker's Rare Books
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Ontario, Wisconsin
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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....
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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