Way of a Gaucho
de Herbert Childs
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Librería
-
Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Prentice Hall, 1948. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First Edition stated on copy right page, inscribed by author Herbert Childs in black ink on half title page, "For Kay & Jack Willi, Friends of Alice & Paul are friends of mine! Best from Herbert Childs", 429 pages, "A moving love story, and a stirring tale of a Gaucho's fight for his way of life, set against the superbly colorful background of Argentina" story set in the last quarter of the 19th century in Argentina. Book is near Fine, very clean maroon cloth with bright silver titles to the spine, touch of bottom edge wear, light eraser mark on first free page, beautiful map end papers, book is tight and square with sound binding, no previous owner bookplate or writing. Jacket is Very Good Plus at least, very colorful illustrations front/rear panel plus spine, random very light edge wear, original $3.00 price intact, spine a tad sunned, shows nicely in a new mylar sleeve. An ultra clean and most presentable inscribed First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Pacific Coast Books (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 001777
- Título
- Way of a Gaucho
- Autor
- Herbert Childs
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- Editorial
- Prentice Hall
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1948
- Palabras clave
- Argentina Fiction, Argentina stories, Herbert Childs
Términos de venta
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Sobre el vendedor
Pacific Coast Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2015
Gleneden Beach, Oregon
Sobre Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
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- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack 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...
- 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...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...