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A selection from BTC's Illustrated Glossary - part of our new, online reference guide.

Bookseller label

Also called a ticket. In days of yore (that would be, before now) new bookstores would often have a small, usually discreet label that they would affix to one of the endpapers in the new books that they were selling. In some instances they are collectible, in some instances they are a nuisance, and in any case they indicate where a certain copy of a book originally sold at retail. We don't consider these to be a significant flaw, but usually note their presence without prejudice, unless they are unusually annoying. This discreet label could be found on the bottom of the rear pastedown of a copy of Dawn Powell's first book, Whither, offered in 2006. The bookseller label from the legendary New York bookstore Brentano's lends provenance to this copy, which also bore the ownership signature of a family friend (of Powell's, not ours). The label on this copy would be acceptable regardless, since it was the only copy in the last several decades to be offered in the original dustwrapper.

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Cover Image: Bear's Paw Poems by LOCKIE, Ellaraine

$125.00

LOCKIE, Ellaraine

Bear's Paw Poems

(Seattle, WA: SCW Publications 2005). First edition. Single sheet folded into eighths to make a pamphlet. Fine copy. Inscribed on the back... more>>

Cover Image: Coloring Outside the Lines by LOCKIE, Ellaraine

$65.00

LOCKIE, Ellaraine

Coloring Outside the Lines

Ontario, Canada: Plowman 2002. First edition. Fine copy, in wrappers as issued. OCLC locates one copy. more>>

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$100.00

LOCKIE, Ellaraine

Coloring Outside the Lines

Ontario, Canada: Plowman 2002. First edition. Fine copy, in wrappers as issued. Inscribed by Lockie. more>>

Cover Image: Crossing the Center Line. Poems by LOCKIE, Ellaraine

$75.00

LOCKIE, Ellaraine

Crossing the Center Line. Poems

(Baxter, Iowa): Sweet Annie & Sweet Pea Review 2002. First edition. Published as Sweet Annie & Sweet Pea Review Vol. 7, No. 2. Fine copy, in wrappers as... more>>

Cover Image: Finishing Lines. Poems by LOCKIE, Ellaraine

$85.00

LOCKIE, Ellaraine

Finishing Lines. Poems

(O'Fallon, IL: Snark Publishing 2005). First edition. Fine copy, in pictorial wrappers as issued. Snark Chapbooks Series #46. OCLC locates... more>>

Cover Image: Finishing Lines. Poems by LOCKIE, Ellaraine

$125.00

LOCKIE, Ellaraine

Finishing Lines. Poems

(O'Fallon, IL: Snark Publishing 2005). First edition. Fine copy, in pictorial wrappers as issued. Inscribed to a fellow poet on the title... more>>

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