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The Size of Thoughts: Essays and Other Lumber
by BAKER, Nicholson
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0679439323
- ISBN 13
- 9780679439325
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Random House, 1996. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First edition. 355pp. Slightly cocked spine else near fine in a fine dust jacket. Advance Review Copy with publisher's slip laid in.
Synopsis
Nicholson Baker has published five novels– The Mezzanine , Room Temperature , Vox , The Fermata , and The Everlasting Story of Nory –and two works of nonfiction, U and I and The Size of Thoughts . He lives with his wife and two children in Maine.
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Details
- Seller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 535420
- Title
- The Size of Thoughts: Essays and Other Lumber
- Author
- BAKER, Nicholson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0679439323
- ISBN 13
- 9780679439325
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- AdvanceCopy, Journalism
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Gloucester City, New Jersey
About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.
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- Publisher's Slip
- A piece of paper from the publisher included in an advance review copy or an uncorrected proof copy of a book. A publisher's...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Advance Review Copy
- Advance Review Copy, a specially printed copy of the book, generally paperback, which has been produced and distributed by the...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
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