The Nephew [Signed Bookplate Laid In]
by PURDY, James
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Winchester, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, [1960]. First Edition. Octavo (20.75cm.); original cloth-backed boards in grey decorative dust jacket; [10],209pp. Jacket a bit dust-soiled to rear wrapper, spine lightly toned, small ding to bottom edge of upper cover; pp. [1/2] fore-edge appears to have be slightly singed, else interior Very Good in Very Good jacket. Bookplate signed by the author laid in.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21856
- Title
- The Nephew [Signed Bookplate Laid In]
- Author
- PURDY, James
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Cudahy
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1960]
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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
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- Jacket
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- Bookplate
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