Happy Days: 1880-1892
by Mencken, H.L
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Poor
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. Stated First or Second Printing of First Edition (Both Printings prior to publication). A Near Fine copy in a Poor dustjacket. Book has shelfwear, bumped corners, & toning to pages; DJ has shelfwear, edgewear, bumped corners, toning, chipping to top & bottom edges of entire jacket, a piece missing from the spine, has been price clipped, and the front cover has become detached from the spine (still present). Interior is tight, clean, & unmarked.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 611164
- Title
- Happy Days: 1880-1892
- Author
- Mencken, H.L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- WHAR.855, , , , , , , ,
Terms of Sale
Arundel Books of Seattle
7-day return only if not as described (you must notify us immediately on upon receipt of any problem). We pack carefully.
About the Seller
Arundel Books of Seattle
Biblio member since 2005
Seattle, Washington
About Arundel Books of Seattle
Arundel Books stunning new store is located in Seattle's historic Pioneer Square, and has an eclectic stock that will satisfy both the avid reader and discriminating collector.
Glossary
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- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....