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The Painted Word
by Wolfe, Tom
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good+ Dust Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0374228787
- ISBN 13
- 9780374228781
- Seller
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1975-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+ Dust Jacket. 5x0x8. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1975. Stated 1st printing, 1975 (true 1st edition). [6], 121pp. Blue paper over off-white quarter cloth boards, gilt-stamped spine text. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square. Previous owner's name/address on front endpaper, otherwise text very good. Sunning to edges of boards but gilt spine text remains bright. Unclipped dust jacket retains original price of $5.95, shows age-toning and moderate shelfwear and a one-inch closed tear to back bottom edge. From a private collection. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book House in Dinkytown
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 316246
- Title
- The Painted Word
- Author
- Wolfe, Tom
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good+ Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0374228787
- ISBN 13
- 9780374228781
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1975-01-01
- Size
- 5x0x8
- Keywords
- stre30
- X weight
- 10 oz
Terms of Sale
The Book House in Dinkytown
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
The Book House in Dinkytown
Biblio member since 2015
Minneapolis, Minnesota
About The Book House in Dinkytown
Used books bought and sold, classics and collectibles in all fields. In Dinkytown since 1976.
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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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