Shadows on the Rock
by Cather, Willa
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A Knopf Inc., 1967. Second Edition 10 th Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. June 1967. " A novel of Quebec during the last days of Frontenac, 1697 -1698. Bright green cloth covered boards have paste downs on spine and front panel, Knopf colophon blind stamped at base of spine on rear panel. Glue mark (3/4") ffep, rough cut fore edge, book is tight and square. Price clipped DJ has edge and surface wear with chipping. Bookseller's Inventory # 221084.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lower Beverley Better Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001084
- Title
- Shadows on the Rock
- Author
- Cather, Willa
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition 10 th Printing
- Publisher
- Alfred A Knopf Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
- Pages
- 280
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
Terms of Sale
Lower Beverley Better Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Lower Beverley Better Books
Biblio member since 2014
Lyndhurst, Ontario
About Lower Beverley Better Books
An online bookstore that just grew from a combination of a love of books, a desire to save them from landfill and an inability to bypass yard sales. A considerable percentage of my inventory is signed editions. I also take pride in my Canadiana catalogue.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...