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The Oakdale Affair and The Rider
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
-
Salem, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. Blue cloth with red titling, soiled, frayed to spine ends and fore-edge corners, dulled with heavy toning to spine. Possibly an ex-library copy: color remnants near spine foot, FFEP and RFEP missing. Inner hinges cracked to mull; binding still secure, and is sound through text. Remnant of a cardstock previous repair laid in at back. Faint pen markings to front paste down, consistent with color transfer as through mirrored from a name inked to the missing FFEP. Foxed through front matter. Pages else clean, text unmarked.
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Details
- Seller
- The Book Bin
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- BBS-2019050
- Title
- The Oakdale Affair and The Rider
- Author
- Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc
- Date Published
- 1937
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
The Book Bin
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
The Book Bin
Biblio member since 2020
Salem, Oregon
About The Book Bin
The Book Bin is a locally owned and operated business that has been in the same family since 1983. We are an ABA- and ABAA-affiliated general-interest bookstore with two stores in Salem and Corvallis, Oregon. We have over 30,000 items listed for sale online, and a dedicated rare book room in our Salem location. Books in our rare book room cover a wide range of subjects, with a focus on science fiction, fantasy and horror, literature and poetry, metaphysics, and children's books.
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...
- 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,...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- RFEP
- The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book from the rear. It may be...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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