PARTS OF A WORLD
by Stevens, Wallace
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. First Edition. First Printing, one of 1,000 copies. Octavo (21.5cm); blue cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine, and decorative elements embossed onto front cover; brown topstain; dustjacket; [4],x,182,[4]pp. Light wear to spine ends, sunning to spine and upper board edges, with some oxidation to gilt, and subtle tanning to endpapers; contents clean; Very Good+. Dustjacket is price-clipped, with pronounced sunning to spine, and some gentler sunning to extremities; modest wear, a few tiny nicks and tears, with a tiny stain to upper spine panel; Very Good. An early collection by the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. Edelstein A5.a.1.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6804
- Title
- PARTS OF A WORLD
- Author
- Stevens, Wallace
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1942
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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Stephenson, Virginia
About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Founded in 2010, Captain Ahab's Rare Books specializes in first editions of literature, genre fiction, film-related books and ephemera, zines, manuscript and archival material.
Glossary
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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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- 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...