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The Ninth Man
by Vorse, Mary Heaton
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Press of the Woolly Whale, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. One of an unspecified number of copies printed by George W. Van Vechten, Jr. for friends of the press at Christmas, 1936. Originally published in 1920. 7.75 x 10.5 inches. 79pp., bound in full linen cloth, with black title label on spine, stamped in gilt, and an inset black leather illustrated label, also in gilt. Over 80 b/w illustrations by Alban B. Butler, Jr. Printed in sixteen point Village No. 2 on Halle mould made paper. A Very Good copy with light rubbing to the cloth. Very scarce.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L007932
- Title
- The Ninth Man
- Author
- Vorse, Mary Heaton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Press of the Woolly Whale
- Date Published
- 1936
- Keywords
- Fiction VORSE, MARY HEATON ILLUSTRATED BUTLER, ALBAN B. AMERICAN LITERATURE 20TH CENTURY FINE PRESS WOOLLY WHALE VAN VECHTEN, GEORGE, , , , ,
Terms of Sale
Arundel Books of Seattle
7-day return only if not as described (you must notify us immediately on upon receipt of any problem). We pack carefully.
About the Seller
Arundel Books of Seattle
Biblio member since 2005
Seattle, Washington
About Arundel Books of Seattle
Arundel Books stunning new store is located in Seattle's historic Pioneer Square, and has an eclectic stock that will satisfy both the avid reader and discriminating collector.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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...
- 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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