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Up From Methodism
by Herbert Asbury
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good, light rubbing to edges and corners of boards, 1/2" scrape to bottom right cover board, very nice copy./Very good, very light chipping, creasing, and small tears to perimeter aspects, small 1/4" piece missing from top of spine, stro
- Seller
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Ridgewood, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York City, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover 8vo quarter bound black leather spine with gilt lettering, orange boards with black lettering in an illustrated dust jacket, 174 pp. Very good, light rubbing to edges and corners of boards, 1/2" scrape to bottom right cover board, very nice copy./Very good, very light chipping, creasing, and small tears to perimeter aspects, small 1/4" piece missing from top of spine, strong jacket..
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- Bookseller
- Better Read Than Dead
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 365
- Title
- Up From Methodism
- Author
- Herbert Asbury
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover 8vo quarter bound black leather spine with gilt lettering, orange boards with black lettering in an illustrated dust j
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, light rubbing to edges and corners of boards, 1/2" scrape to bottom right cover board, very nice copy.
- Jacket Condition
- Very good, very light chipping, creasing, and small tears to perimeter aspects, small 1/4" piece missing from top of spine, stro
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York City, NY
- Date Published
- 1926
Terms of Sale
Better Read Than Dead
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Better Read Than Dead
Biblio member since 2023
Ridgewood, New York
About Better Read Than Dead
Better Read Than Dead has been selling used books and other printed materials in Brooklyn, NY since 2012. We currently operate two open storefronts and an ever-growing online inventory.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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