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The Private Life of Helen of Troy
by Erskine, John
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1925. Early reprint, copyright 1925. Well-kept copy, hardcover with red and gilt patterened covers, blue cloth spine, illustrated dustjacket. Very light edge rubbing, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is very good with some light shelf soil and rubbing, almost no paper loss.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 041416
- Title
- The Private Life of Helen of Troy
- Author
- Erskine, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1925
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- FICTION NOVEL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Literary History;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
We pack well and ship promptly. Returns: Books may be returned for refund of purchase price within seven days provided prior notification is given and the books are returned in the same condition as when shipped.
About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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....
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