The Fascinating Stranger and Other Stories
by Tarkington, Booth
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Helena, Montana, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, very good green cloth with gilt letter hardcover (no dust jacket) shows some mild rubbing anf shelfwear, light soil at covers and page edges, toning along spine, name at top of front endpaper and with some other light trace wear. 492 pages. Still a solid copy of this collection of stories from the noted American author of the Magnificent Ambersons and others.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Barker Books & Vintage (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25318
- Title
- The Fascinating Stranger and Other Stories
- Author
- Tarkington, Booth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page & Company
- Date Published
- 1923
- Keywords
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Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Barker Books & Vintage
Biblio member since 2021
Helena, Montana
About Barker Books & Vintage
Welcome to Barker Books & Vintage. We are a brick and mortar retailer of carefully selected books and other paper related product, located in Helena, Montana. We use our office mainly to buy books but are willing to allow perusal of inventory upon request. Our special emphasis on quality books includes a broad range of titles with particular interest given to those being uncommon or collectible. We have been in business close to twenty five years including our new home in Montana. Please call with any questions.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...