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The Voice of the City and Other Stories
by O. Henry
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
-
Longmont, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
The Easton Press, The Collector's Library of Famous Editions, 1991 (1935). First Edition thus; Collector's Edition. Illustrated by George Grosz. Hardcover. Issued without dust jacket. Used - Fine, "as new" condition. Very minor shelf wear to bottom edges; 1mm knick to back cover by upper spine. Binding and text block are tight, bright, and clean with no ownership markings or bookplates. Appears unopened / unread. Bound in full (genuine) leather with hubbed spine. All edges gilt. Embossed in 22kt gold on the spine and front and back covers. Heavy duty binding boards. Printed on acid-neutral, archival paper. Smyth sewn with concealed muslin joints, silk moire fabric end leaves, and permanent satin ribbon marker. Notes From The Archives sheet laid in. Photo is of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books. Beautiful gift copy!
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Details
- Bookseller
- Barbed Wire Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M0123
- Title
- The Voice of the City and Other Stories
- Author
- O. Henry
- Illustrator
- George Grosz
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1991
- Pages
- 221
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Short Stores, Gift Edition, Special Binding, Leather Binding
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Easton Press;
Terms of Sale
Barbed Wire Books
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
Barbed Wire Books
Biblio member since 2019
Longmont, Colorado
About Barbed Wire Books
Barbed Wire Books is an independantly owned real bookstore in northern Colorado. We've been in business since 2009 and are proud of our award-winning, 5-star reputation for excellent customer service. Our store stocks all sorts of books with note-worthy Western Americana and Children's sections. Not all inventory is listed online so please contact us for specific titles.
Glossary
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- 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....
- 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
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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...
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