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Hell-Bent Fer Heaven; A Play In Three Acts - First Edition
by Hughes, Hatcher
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Media, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Harper & Brothers, 1924. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Rufe Pryor - Frontis. Hardcover/ no DJ; VG+ to Near Fine condition. Stated First Edition, c. 1924, same year on title page & no note of further printings. 187 pages, bright red publisher's topstain to top edge w/ rough-cut side & bottom edges to text block. Brown board binding tight, clean & square w/ little to no wear. NO bumps, fray, rubs or sun discolor. Pastedown title labels on cover & spine are bright, crisp & unmarred. Owner name penned inside front cover, 3 light nos. inside back cover. Text is tight, clean & unmarked w/ just a trace of toning. NO hinge splits, NOT ex library. Handsome, well preserved copy. ***Reliable, fast. (133)
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- Bookseller
- EDM Book Loft
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 124
- Title
- Hell-Bent Fer Heaven; A Play In Three Acts - First Edition
- Author
- Hughes, Hatcher
- Illustrator
- Rufe Pryor - Frontis
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Date Published
- 1924
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Media, Pennsylvania
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- First Edition
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- 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....
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