- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Jackie's Books, Pocatello, ID, U.S.A.Jackie's Books
AbeBooks seller since January 29, 2024
Condition: Used - As new
£ 6,472.57
Quantity: 1 available
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Ex-Library With All The Library Markings, Pocket, Bar Code, Stickers On Spine, Etc. No Other Markings On Book. This Is A First Edition With Authors Signature On The Front First Page. A Scarce Book To Find Signed, This Is To Henrietta "Etta" Reubell, Described By Wharton In Her Autobiography, A Backward Glance, As "My Old Friend, And Henry James's" (Chapter 11). Reubell Had A Salon At Her Home Where Cosmopolitan Expatriate Writers And Artists Would Visit Including James Mcneill Whistler, Oscar Wilde, And John Singer Sargent, Who Painted Her Portrait. In An 1876 Letter From Paris To His Brother, William James, Henry Describes Several Women, Including Reubell: "The Other Is A Certain Miss Reubell, Who Has Lived Here Always, Is Twenty-Seven Or Twenty-Eight Years Old And Extremely Ugly, But With Something Very Frank, Intelligent And Agreeable About Her. If I Wanted To Desire To Marry An Ugly Parisian-American, With Money And Toutes Les Elegances, And A Very Considerable Capacity For Development If Transported Into A Favoring Medium, Miss R Would Be A Very Good Objective" (Edel, Leon: Henry James Letters, Volume Ii, Pp. 41-42). Less.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Custom Of The Country
- Author
- Edith Wharton
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons, New York
- Publication year
- 1914
- Condition
- As New
- Dust jacket
- As New
- Signed
- Inscribed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Item weight
- 1.5 pounds
- Dimensions
- 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall
Jackie's Books
Pocatello, ID, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since January 29, 2024
Shipping rates within U.S.A.
| Item | 5 to 14 business days | 3 to 6 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | £ 6.28 | £ 9.06 |
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Store description
This is a personal collection of 17,000 books that is being sold. The collection contains significant numbers of books from multiple genres, including children's, YA, world history, American history, religion and theology, and mystery. A large number of the history collection are old and rare sets; many of the books in general are early editions and/or rare.
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Jackie's Books
ID, U.S.A.
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If you are a consumer you can withdraw from the contract in accordance with the following. Consumer means any natural person who is acting for purposes which are outside his trade, business, craft or profession.
Information regarding the right of withdrawal
Statutory right to withdraw
You have the right to withdraw from this contract within 14 days without giving any reason.
The withdrawal period will expire after 14 days from the day on which you acquire, or a third party other than the carrier and indicated by you acquires, physical possession of the last good or the last lot or piece.
To exercise the right of withdrawal, electronically fill in and submit a clear statement on our website, under "My Purchases" in "My Account". We will communicate to you an acknowledgement of receipt of such a withdrawal on a durable medium (e.g. by e-mail) without delay.
To meet the withdrawal deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right of withdrawal before the withdrawal period has expired.
Effects of withdrawal
If you withdraw from this contract, we will reimburse to you all payments received from you, including the costs of delivery (except for the supplementary costs arising if you chose a type of delivery other than the least expensive type of standard delivery offered by us).
We may make a deduction from the reimbursement for loss in value of any goods supplied, if the loss is the result of unnecessary handling by you.
We will make the reimbursement without undue delay, and not later than 14 days after the day on which we are informed about your decision to withdraw from this contract.
We will make the reimbursement using the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise; in any event, you will not incur any fees as a result of such reimbursement.
We may withhold reimbursement until we have received the goods back, or you have supplied evidence of having sent back the goods, whichever is the earliest.
You shall send back the goods or hand them over to Jackie's Books, Pocatello, Idaho, U.S.A., without undue delay and in any event not later than 14 days from the day on which you communicate your withdrawal from this contract to us. The deadline is met if you send back the goods before the period of 14 days has expired. You will have to bear the direct cost of returning the goods. You are only liable for any diminished value of the goods resulting from the handling other than what is necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods.
Exceptions to the right of withdrawal
The right of withdrawal does not apply to:
- The delivery of newspapers, journals or magazines with the exception of subscription contracts; and
- The supply of digital content which is not supplied on a tangible medium (e.g. on a CD or DVD) if you accepted when you placed your order that we could start to deliver it, and that you could not withdraw once delivery had started.