When She Was About Sixteen
by Riley, James Whitcomb
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/VG (-)
- Seller
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Long Beach, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Not Stated: Grosset & Dunlap, 1911 "Another tale of the 'airly days' when hearts beat quite a warmly as they do now." (Now being 1911). Grosset reprint of Bobbs-Merrill original. Condition notes - unnumbered pp; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, duo tone frontis. Each page is either an illustration or text with a lovely pink grape arbor border; t.e. lt tanned, gift inscription to ffep. Cover: orange, burgundy, titles front, plain spine; modest shelfwear, extrems worn, t.e. of spine sunned. DJ: unclipped, white, gold border w/ Gibson girl and white titles front, lovely tribute to Riley back, black titles spine; moderate edge/shelfwear w/ small chips, crinkles, rubbing w/loss of titles to spine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Independent Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034826
- Title
- When She Was About Sixteen
- Author
- Riley, James Whitcomb
- Illustrator
- Howard Chandler Christy
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- VG (-)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- Not Stated
- Date Published
- 1911
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Period Fiction
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About the Seller
Independent Books
Biblio member since 2005
Long Beach, Washington
About Independent Books
Independent Books deals in used, antiquarian, and rare collectible volumes. Our books are in great condition -- we provide value to you by offering the book in the best condition for the best price, and we frequently have one-of-a-kind collectibles in extraordinary shape. A tremendous resource for the discriminating collector/connoisseur. Service and client satisfaction are our hallmarks. We are glad to conduct research or locate a difficult-to-find title. Our book rating standards are as follows; nearly all of our stock is VG or better: As New (AN)-just as states, clean, bright, tight, no defects. Fine-AN, but not as bright, minor marks or other minor defects. Very Good (VG)-small to modest tears, chips, marks, cocked etc. Good (G)-not so much, with larger tears or chips, possibly soiled, cocked, etc. Fair-ugly, with pages or large areas of DJ missing or other major defects. Poor(P)-truly ugly, disbound or requiring other major rehabilitation. We stabilize most minor defects with archival quality materials, and with few exceptions, these stabilizations are reversible
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Sunned
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- Spine
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.