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Those Harper Women: A Novel
by Birmingham, Stephen
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
U.S.A: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1964. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Hardback Reprint Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition without a jacket. Stephen Birmingham tells the story of four generations of Harper women, bound together by family and wealth with secrets and scandals that could tear them apart. Set in the Tropic Island of St. Thomas where the family's original fortune was made. American social history. Very clean and unmarked tan full cloth binding, green titles on spine. Some extremities lightly rubbed; lower corners faintly scuffed. Square, sharp corners, solid binding. Prev owner name on paste-down. Inner hinge beginning to crack. Internals clean and completely free from any markings, no creases. 285 pages. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1964.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019341
- Title
- Those Harper Women: A Novel
- Author
- Birmingham, Stephen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Book Company
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1964
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"
- Weight
- 1.56 lbs
- Keywords
- ST. THOMAS ISLAND; SUGAR PLANTATIONS; FAMILIES; WEALTH; HISTORY, AMERICAN;
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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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"...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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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