The Nylon Safari
by Rehna Cloete
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Collectible; Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1956. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the half-title. A solid copy to boot of the 1956 1st edition. Tight and VG (with very light staining along the panel top-edges) in a bright, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with light wear to the spine ends and light rubbing to the rear panel. Octavo, 276 pgs. Signed by Author.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10826
- Title
- The Nylon Safari
- Author
- Rehna Cloete
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible; Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- rare humor, rare travel guides
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel; Humor;
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
All books are offered subject to prior sale. Materials are returnable within 1 week of receipt provided prior notice is given.
About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
Buy and sell - rare, unusual and antiquarian - art, photography, literature, scholarly, sports, childrens, bindings.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
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