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THE RETURN OF ANSEL GIBBS
by Buechner, Frederick
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- FINE/NEAR FINE
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Alfred A. Knopf, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. FINE/NEAR FINE. Small 8vo, black cloth, gilt spine lettering, deckled fore edge, blue topstain. Pristine copy, exceedingly clean and sharp. DJ tips show some trivial rubbing, spine just faintly sunned as usual of reds, crisp and bright otherwise with '$3.75' price intact.
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- Bookseller
- Arches Bookhouse
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7099
- Title
- THE RETURN OF ANSEL GIBBS
- Author
- Buechner, Frederick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - FINE
- Jacket Condition
- NEAR FINE
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- Faith and Fiction, , , , , , , ,
Terms of Sale
Arches Bookhouse
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
Arches Bookhouse
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Portland, Oregon
About Arches Bookhouse
Brick & mortar humanities bookshop in Portland, OR. Philosophy, history, theology, literature, art.
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- Jacket
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- Crisp
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- Fore Edge
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- Rubbing
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- 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...
- 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....
- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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