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Accident
by Elizabeth Janeway
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Harper & Row, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket missing. First edition. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Stated first edition. The author’s signature is found on the free end page. The fore edge of the text block is deckled. White stains on the back cover. The lettering and design on the spine shows signs of moderate color fading. The bottom corners suffer from minor shelfwear damage. The volumes dust jacket is missing. The hinge suffers severe loosening due to age and wear but remains secure and in-tact; the volume should be handled with care to preserve the binding. The pages are clean and unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Details
- Bookseller
- ThriftBooks
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1227760318
- Title
- Accident
- Author
- Elizabeth Janeway
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Date Published
- 1964
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- 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...
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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