THE LOVELY AMBITION
by Mary Ellen Chase
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/very good +
- Seller
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: W. W. Norton and Co., 1960. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. 6 x 8 1/2 in. Blue cloth boards. Signed, with a dedication, by Chase on the ffep, dated 1960. Condition is NEAR FINE ; no wera. corners and spine ends a bit bumped. Binding tight and text spotless. DJ is VERY GOOD+ ; not price-clipped, very clean, a few chips, some markings from writing on paper on top of the book, spine a touch toned. Fiction. Stax.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22736
- Title
- THE LOVELY AMBITION
- Author
- Mary Ellen Chase
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, as stated
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton and Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1960
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Andre Strong Bookseller
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Blue Hill, Maine
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.