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Uncle Remus and His Sayings
by Harris, Joel Chandler
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: D Appleton and Company, 1929. New and Revised Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo. xxiii, 265 pages. Frontispiece illustration. Illustrated by A. B. Frost. Red cloth hardcover with illustration and gilt title on front cover and spine. Title faded on spine. Light shelf wear to binding. Front hinge is cracked. Preliminary page preceding the title page is detached and loose. Previous owner bookplate on the front paste down. Interior text in very good condition. A fair or better copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Americana Books ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23698
- Title
- Uncle Remus and His Sayings
- Author
- Harris, Joel Chandler
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New and Revised Edition
- Publisher
- D Appleton and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- Georgia author
Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Americana Books ABAA
Biblio member since 2009
Stone Mountain, Georgia
About Americana Books ABAA
Americana Books in business since 1993 specializing in American History and Americana. Member ABAA ( Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America)
Glossary
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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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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,...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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