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Tell Me A Riddle; A Collection By Tillie Olsen
by Olsen, Tillie
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/near fine
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1961. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. First edition of Tell Me a Riddle by Tillie Olsen.. Octavo, 156pp. Green cloth, title in white on spine. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Solid text block, slight bow to front cover, a touch of rubbing to spine, top edge dyed red, a near fine example. In publisher's dust jacket, price-clipped, light wear to corners, a near fine example.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12411
- Title
- Tell Me A Riddle; A Collection By Tillie Olsen
- Author
- Olsen, Tillie
- Illustrator
- First edition of Tell Me a Riddle by Tillie Olsen.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- J.B. Lippincott
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- Tillie Olsen first edition, Yonnondio, Yonnondio: From the Thirties, Silences, Requia I and Other Works, The Partisan Review
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About the Seller
The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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