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The City of Trembling Leaves
by Walter Van Tilburg Clark
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Bayfield, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1945. Stated First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fair. Tan cloth over boards with some staining and rubbing, especially to spine. Interior is yellowed but clean with markings to the front end page only save an "ex libris" stamp to reverse of title page. A small chip to the top edges affects pages 272-292. No text is impacted. Copyright page states "This is a WARTIME book. The text is complete but every effort has been made to comply with the Government's request to conserve essential materials." July Box 3
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Details
- Bookseller
- Honest Dog Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A803981X02YUU
- Title
- The City of Trembling Leaves
- Author
- Walter Van Tilburg Clark
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1945
- Pages
- 690
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Honest Dog Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Honest Dog Books
Biblio member since 2022
Bayfield, Wisconsin
About Honest Dog Books
Honest Dog Books is a family-run new and used general interest bookstore with a long history in Bayfield, Wisconsin. Owners Julie Buckles and Charly Ray are wilderness travelers with a team of sled dogs, two teenagers, and deep love for community, literature, and conversation.
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Always feel free to email with questions, for extra pictures, shipping charge information, or if you're interested in making an offer different than the listed price! Our books may come in protective mylar or other coverings, these are all easily removable and not directly attached to the book itself.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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