The Messenger [Signed]
by Jean Valentine
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979. Near Fine/Near Fine. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979. First Edition. Signed by Jean Valentine with inscription, "to Ron, with best wishes, Jean Valentine April, 1983." Octavo. 67 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Tan and green boards stamped in black. Dust jacket lightly toned along edges; crease to rear flap; mild off-setting to verso along spine. Boards show mild shelfwear. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Near Fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29421
- Title
- The Messenger [Signed]
- Author
- Jean Valentine
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
Glossary
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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....