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Superstition Corner
by Kaye-Smith, Sheila
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1934. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1934. Stated First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good+. Stated First Edition in unclipped original dust jacket. Clean unfaded black cloth boards with stamped gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean decorated endpapers. Previous owner name in light pencil (easily erasable) at top edge of front free endpaper. Decorated title page. 268 pages. Dust jacket is clean, hint of very slight dust soiling, not price clipped (2.50 on front inside flap), no chips or tears, very slight wear to paper at one spine corner. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Novel with an unconventional, rebellious and adventurous heroine, forced to travel through England in man's attire in order to escape the religious persecutions of Queen Elizabeth and the unhappiness of an uncongenial home..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027410
- Title
- Superstition Corner
- Author
- Kaye-Smith, Sheila
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- Stated First Edition.
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1934
- Keywords
- FICTION, NOVEL, YOUNG ADULT, SHEILA KAYE-SMITH, FIRST EDITION
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Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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About the Seller
Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
Biblio member since 2003
Stanley, New York
About Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
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