Freddy and Fredericka
by Mark Helprin
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Penguin Press, 2005. Hardcover. Good. 2005. First Edition. 553 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Red paper covered boards. Inscribed by the author with dedication to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Marking to top edge of text block. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends.
Synopsis
Educated at Harvard, Princeton, and Oxford, Mark Helprin served in the Israeli Army, Israeli Air Force, and British Merchant Navy. He is the author of, among other titles, A Dove of the East and Other Stories , Refiner's Fire , Ellis Island and Other Stories , Winter's Tale , A Soldier of the Great War , and Memoir from Antproof Case .
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1710334242LEE
- Title
- Freddy and Fredericka
- Author
- Mark Helprin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Penguin Press
- Date Published
- 2005
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....