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The Dark Wood
by Weston, Christine
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Baldwinsville, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1946. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Walter Kumme. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1946. First Edition and First Printing, with "A" on the copyright page. Octavo, jacket illustrated by Walter Kumme, light green buckram boards with gilt spine and cover imprinting, illustrated endpapers also by Kumme, top page edges dyed black, 303 pp. A Very Good book, fairly spoted on covers but otherwise without notable flaw, in a bright, clean, unclipped, better than VG jacket with some peripheral wear and a bit of foxing on the back panel. See scan. A scarce first printing of Weston's brooding novel about a war widow who enters an intricately swirling emotional state when she meets a man who seems nearly identical to her deceased husband. L-30n
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Details
- Bookseller
- Singularity Rare & Fine
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010315
- Title
- The Dark Wood
- Author
- Weston, Christine
- Illustrator
- Walter Kumme
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1946
- Pages
- 303
- Keywords
- fiction, romance, psychological Popular, General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern and Hypermodern Fiction; Classics of Fiction From All Eras; Romance;
Terms of Sale
Singularity Rare & Fine
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About the Seller
Singularity Rare & Fine
Biblio member since 2005
Baldwinsville, New York
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Glossary
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- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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