MONEY AND OTHER STORIES; With a Foreword by John Galsworthy
by Capek, Karel
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Plus / Good
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Brentano's, 1930. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus / Good. Small octavo, 7.7 in. x 5 in., pp. 279. Red cloth-covered boards with angled gilt lines and black title to front, and horizontal gilt lines and black title to spine. Light rubbing to extremities. Several stains to front board. Age-toning to pages. Rubbing, age-toning, and some stains to dustjacket. Small chips to top/bottom of dustjacket spine and front corners. Price clipped. Protected in mylar. Karel apek (1890-1938) is generally considered the greatest Czech author of the first half of the twentieth century. He was Czechoslovakia's leading novelist, playwright, story writer, and columnist, and the spirit of its short-lived democracy. His plays appeared on Broadway soon after their debut in Prague, and his books were translated into many languages. apek expressed himself in the form of accessible and highly enjoyable writing, which works on many levels. (from Catbird Press).
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- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86212
- Title
- MONEY AND OTHER STORIES; With a Foreword by John Galsworthy
- Author
- Capek, Karel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus / Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- Publisher
- Brentano's
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- Czech writers, short stories
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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- 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...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...