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The Quality of Hurt
by Chester Himes
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine book; very good dust jacket, spine ends chipped, covers soiled, edges and corners worn
- Seller
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Ridgewood, New York, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1972. First edition. Hardcover, [octavo], quarterbound black cloth spine with brown brown boards, stamped gilt spine titles, brown end papers, illustrated dust jacket, 351 pp. Near fine book; very good dust jacket, spine ends chipped, covers soiled, edges and corners worn. Jacket design by Ron Coro. Inscribed to Playwright and Negro Ensemble Company founder, Douglas Turner Ward. First page inscription, 'For Douglas Turner Ward salut et fraternite Chester Himes'.
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- Bookseller
- Better Read Than Dead
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1715
- Title
- The Quality of Hurt
- Author
- Chester Himes
- Illustrator
- Jacket design by Ron Coro
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, [octavo], quarterbound black cloth spine with brown brown boards, stamped gilt spine titles, brown end papers, illust
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine book; very good dust jacket, spine ends chipped, covers soiled, edges and corners worn
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- Douglas Turner Ward, Chester Himes, The Quality of Hurt
Terms of Sale
Better Read Than Dead
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About the Seller
Better Read Than Dead
Biblio member since 2023
Ridgewood, New York
About Better Read Than Dead
Better Read Than Dead has been selling used books and other printed materials in Brooklyn, NY since 2012. We currently operate two open storefronts and an ever-growing online inventory.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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"...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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