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Against Interpretation and Other Essays
by Susan Sontag
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1966. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1966. First Edition, stated first printing. Octavo. 304 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. White boards stamped in red and black. Black endpapers.
Price-clipped dust jacket shows some light chipping with some general spotting. Boards are gently worn at extremities and soiled along edges. Binding sound. Pages toned as is common with this title, paper flaw from previous removed bookplate at half title, and pages otherwise unmarked.
A Very Good copy of Sontag's second book and first collection of essays.
Price-clipped dust jacket shows some light chipping with some general spotting. Boards are gently worn at extremities and soiled along edges. Binding sound. Pages toned as is common with this title, paper flaw from previous removed bookplate at half title, and pages otherwise unmarked.
A Very Good copy of Sontag's second book and first collection of essays.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26269
- Title
- Against Interpretation and Other Essays
- Author
- Susan Sontag
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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- Chipping
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- Half Title
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- Soiled
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- Bookplate
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- Octavo
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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