A Moment of Time (Signed)
by Sydney R. McLean
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
-
Catawissa, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1945. First edition. Third Impression. Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper and again on title page. In burgundy cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Square and intact binding. Clean and unmarked endpapers and text pages. Bumping of ends of spine. Light shelf wear. Jacket is intact with price on upper front flap. Chipping of ends of spine Bumping and rubbing to edges. Moderate shelf wear. In new protective jacket cover. Photos upon request. . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Quaker House Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004484
- Title
- A Moment of Time (Signed)
- Author
- Sydney R. McLean
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1945
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Fiction, Drama
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Drama;
Terms of Sale
Quaker House Books
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Quaker House Books
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Catawissa, Pennsylvania
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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....
- 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...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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