BITTER CREEK
by Boyd, James
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Levittown, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Scribner's, 1939. "A" on copyright page. Original brown cloth brightly stamped in gilt on front, less so on spine, tight and About Fine, with some light foxing and darkening to top edges, in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket, sunned at spine, several small edge tears.. First Edition. Hard Cover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Albert Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002373
- Title
- BITTER CREEK
- Author
- Boyd, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Scribner's
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- Western Fiction
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Albert Books
Biblio member since 2004
Levittown, New York
About Albert Books
Here at Albert Books we have been collecting and selling fine literature for over forty years. We now offer a portion of our collection of approximately 10,000 books to you, online, at reasonable prices. Our specialties include first editions of American and English literature, including Poetry, Theater & Plays, Limited Editions Club Books, and some Mystery & Science Fiction. We also feature a rather large and varied selection of Literature in Translation.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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- Edges
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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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
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