Remembrance of Things Past Volume 2 Cities of the Plain; the Captive; the Sweet Cheat Gone; the Past Recaptured
by Marcel Proust
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Highland, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Random House. Good with no dust jacket. 1932. Compilation Edition. Hardcover. 1124 pages; Ex-Library copy with usual identifiers. Cocked spine, slightly. Rubbing (shelf wear) to covers and page exterior edges. Top edge of textblock was neatly colored a dark gray/black. Fading to front cover. Rear inner hinge cracked. No markings on text pages. ; - We offer free returns for any reason and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your order will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence. .
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- Seller
- True Oak Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- HVD-42934-A-0
- Title
- Remembrance of Things Past Volume 2 Cities of the Plain; the Captive; the Sweet Cheat Gone; the Past Recaptured
- Author
- Marcel Proust
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Compilation Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1932
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True Oak Books
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Highland, New York
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True Oak Books is a proud member of the IOBA (Independent Online Booksellers Association) and adheres to their high ethical and professional standards.
Orders ship within 1 business day, Monday through Friday.
In order to remain competitive with low value books and be able to offer them, we have a tiered shipping system to make low price transactions economically sound. Lower value books will ship in a protective bubble mailer, as 99% of these reach the customer without problems. We go beyond this for higher ticket items and provide box service. If your post office handles books roughly, you can request cardboard/box service for lower value items as well.
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....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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