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The Points of My Compass Letters from the East, the West, the North, the South
by White, E. B
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Poor dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
NY: Harper & Row. Very Good in Poor dust jacket. 1962. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. Some of the remarks of the reviewer are written on the reverse of the review copy notification. Quarter bound in publisher's black cloth over brown boards, blind stamped rooster weather vane on front cover, gilt lettering on spine. . Head and heel of spine are rubbed, heel of spine is bumped as are lower tips, light offset to front endpapers from laid-in publisher's letter, else unmaked, tight, square and clean. Unclipped dust jacket has tiny chips at the tips and edges of the front cover, several longer tears and creasing at the edges of the rear panel, now protected by mylar. VERY GOOD/POOR. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. xiv, 240 pp .
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- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22194
- Title
- The Points of My Compass Letters from the East, the West, the North, the South
- Author
- White, E. B
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Poor dust jacket
- Edition
- Stated First Edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- Literature and Fiction, Short Stories, The New Yorker, Humor
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2008
Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
Round Table Books, LLC lists rare, beautiful and interesting books. All books are described accurately, packed carefully and shipped promptly. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED - Any book may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.
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- Cloth
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- Tight
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- Edges
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- 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....
- 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...
- First Edition
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- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Laid-in
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