Encounters: The Life of Jacques Lipchitz
by Patai, Irene
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- VG+/Very Good
- Seller
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Shelbyville, Indiana, United States
Item Price
£81.39£65.11
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About This Item
New York: Funk and Wagnalls Company, 1961. Book. VG+. Quarter Cloth and Hard Cover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black quarter cloth and gray embossed boards withgilt and red lettering to the spine. Red EPs. 424 pp. plus bibliography. SIGNED by Irene Patai on November 8, 1961. Foreword by Andrew C.Ritchie. Frontispiece and 32 pages of photographs. This copy is VG+ , in a VG, unclipped ($6.50) DJ photo of sculpture entitiled " Encounter", courtesy of Otto Gerson Gallery. Exterior is rich. Lettering is bright. Only a few bumps along the bottom edge. Inside has neat PO signature , in pencil, under the author's ( easily erasable). otherwise crisp, unmarked and minimally toned. DJ has moderate rubbing at edges and joints and moderate chipping at spine top and bottom back. Top edges dyed red..
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- Bookseller
- Bailey Bonzo Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001961
- Title
- Encounters: The Life of Jacques Lipchitz
- Author
- Patai, Irene
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Funk and Wagnalls Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1961
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
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About the Seller
Bailey Bonzo Books
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Shelbyville, Indiana
About Bailey Bonzo Books
Bailey Bonzo Books....Specializing in collectble First Editions, SIGNED copies, Science Fiction/Fantasy, and RARE copies of all kinds.
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- Bumps
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- Edges
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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....
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