A Sense of Humus
by Damon, Bertha
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very mild spotting to boards, end papers, and edges of boards. Very small bookstore bookplate to inside of back cover. Mild to m
- Seller
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Oakland, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1943. Fourth printing. Hardcover. Very mild spotting to boards, end papers, and edges of boards. Very small bookstore bookplate to inside of back cover. Mild to moderate chipping and rubbing to DJ head and foot of spine, top edges, and outer corners of DJ. Mild yellowing to DJ. DJ in archival mylar. Very good(-) in very good(-) DJ.. Hardcover octavo in yellow and color illustrated DJ. 250 pages, color illustrations, 21 cm. "Author of Grandma Called It Carnal"-front cover. Illustrated by Clare Leighton. Handsome jacket design & illus.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bibliope by Calvello Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 89516
- Title
- A Sense of Humus
- Author
- Damon, Bertha
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very mild spotting to boards, end papers, and edges of boards. Very small bookstore bookplate to inside of back cover. Mild to m
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fourth printing
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
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About the Seller
Bibliope by Calvello Books
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Oakland, California
About Bibliope by Calvello Books
Over thirty-five years experience in the used, out-of-print and rare book trades. Selling online since 1997. WWW.BIBLIOPE.COM (formerly Calvello Books)
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Rubbing
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- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- 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
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