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Shavings: A Novel
by Lincoln, Joseph C
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Steelton, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1918. This is a First Printing as designated by a (1) on the last page of text, Page 382, a system used by this particular publisher. (Despite claims to the contrary, unless the (1) is present and not some higher number, the book is NOT a First.) The book is in Very Good condition (click on photo). The book is bound in light brown boards with pastel green titles on the front panel and on the deep brown cloth spine. The book shows rubbing from shelf wear along the edges, corners, and spine. The binding is tight and secure. There is a signature of a former owner on the reverse of the frontis illustration, as well as scarring from where an earlier owner's book plate was removed. The book includes four handsome black-and-white illustrations by H.M. Brett. The text pages are clean, without stains or tears. The book measures 5 1/4 by 7 5/8 inches and includes 382 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by H.M. Brett. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Grimalkin Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001925
- Title
- Shavings: A Novel
- Author
- Lincoln, Joseph C
- Illustrator
- H.M. Brett
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1918
- Keywords
- General Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- General Fiction;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Grimalkin Books
Grimalkin Books is located in Steelton, Pennsylvania, the first town south of Harrisburg. We specialize in older, unusual books and sets, often literary, artistic, or historical. "Grimalkin" is old English for an old gray cat, mainly because the owner, Bob Amsel, is a cat lover. All books subject to prior sale. Payment must be received within 10 days of the order or item will be returned to stock. We accept money orders, bank checks, personal checks (allow time to clear), PayPal or MasterCard/Visa through Biblio's credit card processing service. International orders must be paid in US dollars and can be paid via PayPal, credit card (through ABE), or International Postal Money Order. Your purchase will be carefully packaged to protect it during shipping. Books may not be returned just because the buyer has changed his mind. Only books with actual defects that were not mentioned by the seller in the listing may be returned. Please insure returns for their full value.
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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