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A Transit to Narcissus: A Facsimile of the Original Typescript [Signed Bookplate Laid in]
by Norman Mailer
- Used
- very good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Howard Fertig, 1978. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Howard Fertig, 1978. First Edition. Bookplate signed by Normal Mailer loosely laid in at front. Quarto. Unpaginated. Printed dust jacket. Gray cloth boards stamped in black; tan endpapers.
Dust jacket lightly worn along edges with a few minor nicks; general soiling and rubbing, heavier to rear. Boards show a few bumps with light wear to edges. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. A Very Good copy of an early Mailer work, originally written when he was 20 years old and three years before he began work on The Naked and the Dead.
Dust jacket lightly worn along edges with a few minor nicks; general soiling and rubbing, heavier to rear. Boards show a few bumps with light wear to edges. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. A Very Good copy of an early Mailer work, originally written when he was 20 years old and three years before he began work on The Naked and the Dead.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28086
- Title
- A Transit to Narcissus: A Facsimile of the Original Typescript [Signed Bookplate Laid in]
- Author
- Norman Mailer
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Howard Fertig
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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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
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- First Edition
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- Bookplate
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
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