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The Great Horn Spoon
by Wright, Eugene
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good+
- Seller
-
Andover, Massachusetts, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 1928. Probable first edition, with no statement of edition or printing. Green cloth with black decoration and lettering. Boards are faintly spotted. Endpapers are mildly foxed. The leaves are a bit toned around their margins, with spots of foxing to some. Otherwise fine, in a tight, square binding. The dust jacket is moderateley edgeworn, with small chips at the spine head and several tears and creases. There are small punctures along the rear joint. The spine is sunned. The price, $5.00, is present on the front flap. In Brodart archival dust jacket protector.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+. Illus. by Bob Fink. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Banjo Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007982
- Title
- The Great Horn Spoon
- Author
- Wright, Eugene
- Illustrator
- Bob Fink
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Publisher
- Bobbs-Merrill
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis, IN
- Date Published
- 1928
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Banjo Booksellers
Biblio member since 2004
Andover, Massachusetts
About Banjo Booksellers
On-line and mail-order only. We have a wide variety of books, both fiction and non-fiction, with an emphasis on modern first editions and collectible childrens books.
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- Leaves
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Foxed
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- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
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