Break It Down; stories by Lydia Davis
by Davis, Lydia
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/very good
- ISBN 10
- 0374116539
- ISBN 13
- 9780374116538
- Seller
-
Pittsburg, Kansas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/very good. 8vo, 177 pages. Rose colored boards with plum spine and silver accents; foxed edges. Stated first printing. Firm binding; no loose pages. Highlights on copyright and contents pages and some pencil marks throughout the book. Dust jacket with rubbing and small bends; now encased in a clear, protective cover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Wayside Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5979
- Title
- Break It Down; stories by Lydia Davis
- Author
- Davis, Lydia
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0374116539
- ISBN 13
- 9780374116538
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1986
Terms of Sale
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Most books are mailed in cardboard boxes, with protection for the book and padding to avoid damage en route. Some paperback books shipped within the US may be mailed in bubble envelopes.
About the Seller
Wayside Books
Biblio member since 2021
Pittsburg, Kansas
About Wayside Books
Wayside Books LLC is owned by Dianne and Steven Cox, currently operating their online store in Southeast Kansas. We have honed our rare book skills at the Rare Books School at the University of Virginia and the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar. We sell modern first editions and collectible fiction, as well as children's books and non-fiction books, with an emphasis on history, politics, social sciences, and the arts.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...