Garden City: Doubleday Page, 1911. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Green cloth with black ruling, gilt-stamped lettering. Gutter and rear hinge cracked, extremities worn with spine cocked, a good only copy lacking the rare dustwrapper. A romance contrasting an earnest young man with an attractive idler, each trying to attain the same woman.

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Bookseller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 409679
Title: The Miller of Old Church
Author: GLASGOW, Ellen
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Doubleday Page
Place of Publication: Garden City
Date Published: 1911
Keywords: SouthernAuthor/Interest, Romance, DecorativeCloth

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Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.

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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....
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...
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...
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
Gutter: The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
Dustwrapper: Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
Cracked: In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...