Love's Lovely Counterfeit
by Cain, James M
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good in Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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North Tonawanda, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Alfred A. Knopf. Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1942. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Red cloth with yellow crayon scribble to front board; moderate soil; spine ends and corners bumped. Light soil to text block. Jacket in archival plastic protector has light rubbing, toning, soil and edgewear; several small closed tears with related creasing; flaps not clipped. Binding a little shaken and cocked, text clean. Interior toned. Gift shop label to front pastedown. Not ex-library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 218 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Editions Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9355
- Title
- Love's Lovely Counterfeit
- Author
- Cain, James M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Date Published
- 1942
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery & Adventure;
Terms of Sale
Old Editions Inc.
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About the Seller
Old Editions Inc.
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North Tonawanda, New York
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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....
- 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.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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