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I Am Elijah Thrush
by Purdy, James
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Very near Fine/Near Fine. Slim 8vo. [9], 10-120 pp. Quarter brown cloth over green cloth with a purple decoration on the front board and purple lettering on the spine. Price of $4.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Signed by Purdy on the title page. A lovely copy of Purdy's ninth book, a comedic novel, adding to the controversial canon that is Purdy's body of work. A very near Fine book with a touch of foxing to the top edges of the boards in a Near Fine dust jacket with a few hints of rubbing.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Evening Star Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00007732
- Title
- I Am Elijah Thrush
- Author
- Purdy, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1972
Terms of Sale
Evening Star Books
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About the Seller
Evening Star Books
Biblio member since 2007
Madison, Wisconsin
About Evening Star Books
We buy and sell rare and fine books in many fields. Our interests include philosophy, modern first editions, and works of historical or intellectual interest. In addition to bookselling, we regularly do valuations and appraisals for non-IRS purposes. Evening Star Books is a Limited Liability Company.
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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"...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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