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PICTURE PALACE
by Paul Theroux
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Los Angeles , California, United States
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About This Item
[PAUL THEROUX]. PICTURE PALACE. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York, 1978. First Edition, Second printing. Book Condition: Fine. Appears unread, in original publishers black cloth with titles stamped in silver on the cover and spine, pages are clean, bright and binding tight. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Not price clipped with the original price of $9.95 on the first inner flap, micro-chips, creases to extremities, one inch chip on upper right of rear panel typical of vintage dust jackets of this age. Signed and inscribed on the ffep by author Paul Theroux. Author of the later 1981 novel The Mosquito Coast and is currently in film production for a new web-series remake of the same name starring the author's nephew, actor Justin Theroux. Classic modern first, signed rare collectible. 359 pgs. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Astro Trader Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1000-421
- Title
- PICTURE PALACE
- Author
- Paul Theroux
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Paul Theroux
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Firsts; Mystery / Crime Detective;
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
Astro Trader Books
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
Astro Trader Books
Biblio member since 2020
Los Angeles , California
About Astro Trader Books
Astro Trader Books was founded in 2010 selling camera manuals, then branched into antiquarian, modern firsts, science fiction, fantasy, horror genres and pulp fiction.
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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- Inscribed
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Price Clipped
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