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The Life of Graham Greene, Vol. 1: 1904-1939
by Sherry, Norman
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670813761
- ISBN 13
- 9780670813766
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Viking Adult, 1989. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. Large Thick Octavo. xxiii (1) + 783 pp, Preface, Our Man in Antibes, 8 Parts / 42 chapters, with 78 b&w glossy plate illustrations unpaginated, 15 b&w line drawings, endnotes, index. Binding tight, spine cloth bends inward upon opening book, due to thiickness, pages clean and unmarked, 6.5" x 9.5" 1/4 black cloth off-white paper boards, VG gilt letters on spine, in black illustrated DJ in protector. DJ unclipped. One black marker line across bottom edge one inch from spine, faint age-toned bottom edge text block, else covers unworn. .
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007027
- Title
- The Life of Graham Greene, Vol. 1: 1904-1939
- Author
- Sherry, Norman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670813761
- ISBN 13
- 9780670813766
- Publisher
- Viking Adult
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- 20th century English novelists - screenwriter - literary critic - man of letters
- Bookseller catalogs
- BIOGRAPHY;
- Size
- Large Thick Octavo
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- 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....
- 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....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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.
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