OF A SMALL AND MODEST MALIGNANCY, WICKED AND BRISTLING WITH DOTS
by Mailer Norman
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Northridge: Lord John Press, 1980. First Edition, One of 300 copies only, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR Tall 8vo, publisher’s original black linen over marbled paper boards, the spine lettered in gilt and the book housed in the original linen covered slipcase. (4), 102, colophon pp. A pristine copy, especially fine. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY MAILER AND LIMITED BY THE PUBLISHER.
Reviews
On Aug 11 2009, ChurchyLaFemme said:
The best possible "inside" review of this book comes from the great Dick Cavett: http://cavett.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/25/when-they-told-me-norman-wrote-a-book/?pagemode=print
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Details
- Bookseller
- Buddenbrooks, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19005
- Title
- OF A SMALL AND MODEST MALIGNANCY, WICKED AND BRISTLING WITH DOTS
- Author
- Mailer Norman
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Lord John Press
- Place of Publication
- Northridge
- Date Published
- 1980
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Buddenbrooks, Inc.
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Newburyport, Massachusetts
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- 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...
- 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...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...