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In Babel
by Ade, George
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1903. First Edition . Hardcover. Fair. Published, September, 1903 stated; INSCRIBED by Ade opposite title page in 1920. Fair copy in original cloth (covers rough and spotted, cocked, spine worn at ends and torn at top, titles faded from spine, hinges repaired with librarians' tape, book review from newspaper pasted on front pastedown, front endpapers darkened, cracked throughout, light foxing, stains to top and side edges of pp113-57). 357 pp; text clean.
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- Bookseller
- Page 1 Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6690
- Title
- In Babel
- Author
- Ade, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- McClure, Phillips & Co.
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1903
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Humor;
Terms of Sale
Page 1 Books
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About the Seller
Page 1 Books
Biblio member since 2006
Albuquerque, New Mexico
About Page 1 Books
The Special Collections Room within Page 1 Books, the largest used bookstore in Albuquerque, NM. We offer a broad selection of collectible and out-of-print books and ephemera in all genres.
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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