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Oliver the Wayward Owl, 1st Edition
by Derleth, August
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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Media, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Sauk City, WI: Stanton & Lee, 1945. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. Signed by Illustrator. Hardcover, DJ; Good/ Fair. Assume First Edition; c. 1945, no note of further printings, same date on title page. 7.25 x 6.5"", unpaginated, illus. endpapers. SIGNED & inscribed in red pencil ""For Bird From Dwig"" by book's illustrator ""Dwig""- on front fixed endpaper. Looks like he also shaded in parts of that page's illustration w/ other colored pencils- a nice personal touch. DJ Fair- would be Good except for large triangular chip (5"" x 4.5"" x 4.5"") extending down from top of blank BACK panel- otherwise light chipping & sm. closed tears at edges, light soil & spine discolor. Illus. FRONT panel still displays well. Illus. board binding is Good to VG w/ light soil, bit of rubbing & toning. No bumps, frays, sun. Text lightly toned; clean & unmarked. A nice copy. ***Reliable & fast! (62)""
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Details
- Bookseller
- EDM Book Loft
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 213
- Title
- Oliver the Wayward Owl, 1st Edition
- Author
- Derleth, August
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Stanton & Lee
- Place of Publication
- Sauk City, WI
- Date Published
- 1945
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- 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....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Fair-
- Used to describe a book in slightly less than fair condition. Fair describes " a worn book that has complete text pages...
- 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...
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