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Adventures of a Biographer
by Bowen, Catherine Drinker
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/good +
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown and Co, 1959. Hardcover. Near Fine/good +. xi, [3], 235 p.; 21 cm. Green cloth with gilt spine title; blind-stamped author's initial on front cover. Dust jacket with author's portrait on back section. Stated First Edition. Reflections by American author Catherine Drinker Bowen (1897-1973) on her career as a biographer. Book is in Near Fine Condition: fore-edges slightly soiled; otherwise, clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Good+ Condition: slightly soiled; spine is sunned; ends of spine slightly chipped; price-clipped.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010581
- Title
- Adventures of a Biographer
- Author
- Bowen, Catherine Drinker
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1959
- Bookseller catalogs
- Women Writers;
Terms of Sale
Classic Books and Ephemera
If the item is not as described, the buyer must contact us within 72 hours of their receipt of it. We will refund the full amount with the costs of return shipping within 24 hours of receipt of the item.
About the Seller
Classic Books and Ephemera
Biblio member since 2006
Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
About Classic Books and Ephemera
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
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