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The Music School
by Updike, John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- Seller
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
First edition 1st printing, Short stories, Very Good book with small tear to paper-covered boards edge of back board near top, slight wear along spine and mild edge fade bottom of spine, small spot of light blue bottom page edges, boards slightly splayed; in a Near Fine jacket with light edge and corner wear and a tiny brown spot near top of front panel. First state book with quote on p. 46 having first two lines transposed. First state jacket with price of $4.95 on front flap. This copy has a bookplate signed by John Updike laid-in.
Details
- Bookseller
- Squid Ink Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- biblio5806
- Title
- The Music School
- Author
- Updike, John
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st issue with signed bookplate
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- US
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- Fiction
Terms of Sale
Squid Ink Books
Payment in USD. Sales tax will be added to sales to AZ residents. Established customers will be invoiced. Books may be returned for any reason, with return condition as per shipped. If you order a book from us you will receive it, or be given a full refund. We don't ask you to pay extra for insurance to protect us. All books shipped with mylar dust jacket protectors, well-packed, in boxes.
About the Seller
Squid Ink Books
Biblio member since 2008
Tucson, Arizona
About Squid Ink Books
We sell collectible books and first editions, mostly modern or hyper-modern titles, many signed, via the internet, by catalogue mailings, and by appointment at our book casita in Tucson, Arizona.
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Spine
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- 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...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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