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Silverlock
by John Myers Myers
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/Good+
- Seller
-
Easthampton, Massachusetts, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
First edition. Very solid copy. Shelfwear and along top edges some small chipping on corners of spine and flaps. 1/2" x 1/4" tear on rear lower flap corner. Jacket in Brodart protective sleeve.
Synopsis
Silverlock is a novel by John Myers Myers published in 1949. It recounts the adventures of A. Clarence Shandon as he takes a trip through the land of great literature. It makes many allusions to famous works of literature including the Odyssey and Don Quixote. In fact every character (besides the protagonist) and every location visited is from another work of literature.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Book Moon
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- F-MYE1949HC
- Title
- Silverlock
- Author
- John Myers Myers
- Format/Binding
- Red cloth, silver lettering on spine.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1949
- Pages
- 349
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Book Moon
Biblio member since 2020
Easthampton, Massachusetts
About Book Moon
Located in the bookstore-rich community of Western Massachusetts, Book Moon is a brand new independent bookshop selling new and used books and collectible first editions. Book Moon is run by Kelly Link & Gavin J. (of Small Beer Press). They welcome dogs large and small, and offer mysterious book bundles wrapped in brown paper and tied up with string.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- 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....
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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