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Mostly in Clover
by BOYLE, HARRY J
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, USA: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1964. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Printing of First U.S.Edition. First Published in Canada. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. The author's memoir of growing up on a farm in Huron County, Ontario, Canada, told with warmth and simplicity, showing a real grass-roots affection for what he remembers. Binding of gray full-cloth, very clean, light streak on front center top; tight and solid and square. A few foxing spots on edges of text block. Interior clean and unmarked; p.131 dog-eared. Yellow lacquered jacket is glossy, clean, bright with light chipping to spine head/heel. Not price-clipped. 237 pages. 8.5 x 6 inches. 1964, E.P. Dutton & Co., New York, New York, USA
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002474
- Title
- Mostly in Clover
- Author
- BOYLE, HARRY J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First US Edition
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, USA
- Date Published
- 1964
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ONTARIO, CANADA; FARMS;, ONTARIO, RURAL LIFE;,
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- Spine
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- E.P.
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- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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