The Sheltered Life
by Ellen Glasgow
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Rochester, New York, United States
Item Price
€233.10€186.48
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1932. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This edition limited to three hundred copies, numbered and signed by the author. This being no 138. Signed by author, no inscription. First edition, stated. Boards clean, some overall toning. Edges and corners sound, so preserved within slipcase. Spine toned with a bit of rubbing; gilt lettering still legible and clean. Spine ends gently bumped. Binding lightly cracked at title page, still quite sound. Text block a bit toned. Contents clean and unmarked. Slipcase with edges rubbed. Spine toned with some toning at edges of front and rear panels. Photographs available upon request. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
The moving tale of two small-town Virginia families and the crumbling of their shelters-religion, convention, and social prejudice- by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Small World Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 069407
- Title
- The Sheltered Life
- Author
- Ellen Glasgow
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1932
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Fiction, Rare
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Small World Books, LLC
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About Small World Books, LLC
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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...
- First Edition
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- Text Block
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- 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,...
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