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THE COSMOLOGICAL EYE
by Henry Miller
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/good
- Seller
-
Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1939. First edition, second state. Hardcover. Very Good/good. 5 1/2 x 8 3/4 in. Sienna cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. First edition, second state. Condition of book is VERY GOOD ; slight wear to corners, covers very clean, spine slightly lightened by water (which is evident on the inside of the DJ.) Mild foxing to endpapers, binding tight, text very clean, with almost no markings, but a few lines are marked with pencil, easily erased. DJ is GOOD ; not price-clipped ($3.00). Old scotch tape repairs inside, chipping and wear to edges, open tears upper right cover, also lower spine (hole) large closed tears upper spine, some mild foxing. Archivally taped by us and in new Mylar wrapper. Fiction. RGR.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7072
- Title
- THE COSMOLOGICAL EYE
- Author
- Henry Miller
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, second state
- Publisher
- New Directions
- Place of Publication
- Norfolk, CT
- Date Published
- 1939
Terms of Sale
Andre Strong Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Andre Strong Bookseller
Biblio member since 2008
Blue Hill, Maine
About Andre Strong Bookseller
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Second State
- used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- 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....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
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