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The Brass Keys of Kenwick
by Seaman, Augusta Huiell
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Media, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co / Junior Books, 1931. First Edition. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. Manning DeV. Lee - Frontis. Hardcover/ no DJ, Fair++ to Good condition- esp. considering age & genre. Illus. endpapers, color frontis, rough-cut side edge of text block. 273 pages. Stated First Edition, year 1931 also on title page- no note of further printings. Owner name & address, dated ""Christmas, 1931"" on 1st blank page. Green cloth binding shows some soil, rubbing, edge wear, couple small soft corners, light sun fade to spine. Black lettering & keys motif on front & spine intact & totally legible. Hinge split at back endpapers (binding a bit loose), but fabric underlay largely attached, except for 1"" at top. Endpapers clean & bright. Color frontis bright, crisp & unmarred. Text unmarked, w/ light toning. NOT ex library.
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Details
- Bookseller
- EDM Book Loft
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 288
- Title
- The Brass Keys of Kenwick
- Author
- Seaman, Augusta Huiell
- Illustrator
- Manning DeV. Lee - Frontis
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Co / Junior Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1931
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- Spine
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- Hinge
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- First Edition
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- Crisp
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- E.P.
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- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
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- Cloth
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