Walden and other writings of Henry david Thoreau
by edited by Brooks Atkinson
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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TORRINGTON, Wyoming, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: The Modern Library, 1950. Reprint Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. VG/VG, used, green colored cloth binding with gilt text within a black text block on the spine and upper, illustrated end papers, v-xxii, 732pp plus ads to rear. Interior clean no marks except former owners name on the half-title page. there is a laid in newspaper article between XViii and xix with some associated toning to those pages. Shelf rubbing to dust jacket, paper worn at the corners of the head and tail of the spine corners rubbed and a chip at the top fore-corner of the upper, small tear to bottom edge of the lower, near spine. Former owners name inked faintly to the upper flap.
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- Bookseller
- PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028289
- Title
- Walden and other writings of Henry david Thoreau
- Author
- edited by Brooks Atkinson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- The Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1950
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
- Keywords
- THOREAU, WALDEN
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About the Seller
PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
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TORRINGTON, Wyoming
About PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
We specialize in western history, gun knife and hunting titles. Also try to stock Wyoming history titles. We have a walk-in store on US Hwy 26/85 the most direct route to Fort Laramie National History site..We have what I think is the largest seleciton of weapons titles in SE Wyoming, both new and used. Always looking for good used weapons titles.
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- VG/VG
- Very Good Condition book with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used book that does show some...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...