An American Idyll The Life of Carleton H. Parker
by Cornelia Stratton Parker
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Atlantic Monthly Press Boston, 1919. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1919. 2nd Edition. 190 pages. No dust jacket. Beige cloth with lettering. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Cracks to guttering throughout, with exposed netting. Front endpaper is missing. Some rub-marking and foxing to pastedowns with inscriptions to rear. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Heavy bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Book has noticeable forward lean with dents to edges. Heavy tanning overall.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1658735154BBE
- Title
- An American Idyll The Life of Carleton H. Parker
- Author
- Cornelia Stratton Parker
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Atlantic Monthly Press Boston
- Date Published
- 1919
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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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...