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Add a Dash of Pity
by Ustinov, Peter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Very Good/Near Very Good
- Seller
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Gastonia, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1959. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Very Good/Near Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 245 pp. The book is very slightly cocked. The binding is tight and the text is clean. The jacket has a 2" repaired tear along the lower edge of the front panel; the spine titles of the jacket are faded from being shelved in the sunlight. The author's first collection of short stories.
Synopsis
The late Peter Ustinov traveled the globe as an entertainer and actor and served as ambassador at large for UNICEF. For his work in film and the arts he received two Academy Awards, three Emmys, and one Grammy. He was also a producer, director, and playwright, and the author of Life Is an Operetta and Other Short Stories, Add a Dash of Pity, Quotable Ustinov, and Ustinov Still at Large. He was knighted in 1990.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Persephone's Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 069029
- Title
- Add a Dash of Pity
- Author
- Ustinov, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Atlantic Monthly Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1959
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Fiction - Short Stories
Terms of Sale
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Gastonia, North Carolina
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...