BARREN GROUND
by Ellen Glasgow
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued
- Seller
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Livonia, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc.. Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. 1925. Limited Edition. Hardcover. We consider each and every book we sell to be a treasure. That's why we provide accurate individualized condition descriptions; ship in sturdy protective packaging; and offer excellent customer service.; Half tan cloth with navy cloth boards is foxed on spine with rubbing to corners but clean, bright, and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are lightly toned with 6 dog earred bottom corners but clean and otherwise pristine. Limited Edition of 55 copies to governors of states, this dedicated by author (signed) to Philip F. LaFollette governor of Wisconsin. .
Synopsis
Set in Virginia, this novel evokes the irony of change in the rural South. Dorinda Oakley is a passionate, intelligent, and independent young woman struggling to define herself.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10092
- Title
- BARREN GROUND
- Author
- Ellen Glasgow
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc.
- Date Published
- 1925
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2020
Livonia, Michigan
About Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
Sage Rare & Collectible Books specializes in out-of-print, scarce, and rare books as well as signed and First Editions.
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.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...