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PURPLE AND FINE WOMEN
by Saltus, Edgar
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deerfield, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Pascal Covici, Publisher, 1925. hardcover. With an Introduction by W. L. George. Octavo, purple cloth covers with gilt titles.[xiv] 191 pages. Some dampstaining on rear cover and rear endpapers --just a small spot on front free endpaper. Dust jacket has some chipping at edges snd at head and foot of spine. 100704A
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000019020
- Title
- PURPLE AND FINE WOMEN
- Author
- Saltus, Edgar
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Pascal Covici, Publisher
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1925
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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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
Alkahest Books
Biblio member since 2012
Deerfield, Illinois
About Alkahest Books
Alkahest Books was established in1984. We started as an open shop on Central St. in Evanston, IL, and sold books there until 2002 and later were part of Chicago Rare Book Center which closed in 2017. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and IOBA and sell both online and at book fairs. International customers should ask for a shipping quote before ordering as the rates given are only for smaller books.
Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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