V: A Novel
by Thomas Pynchon
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0397003013
- ISBN 13
- 9780397003013
- Seller
-
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
J B Lippincott, June 1963. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, first issue of the dustjacket. Very Good in like dustjacket: binding tight and square, light shelf wear to the text block, p.o. signature on the on the front pastedown. The jacket is price-clipped, has light rubbing along the gutter, spine and front panel. A quite presentable copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dunaway Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 127661
- Title
- V: A Novel
- Author
- Thomas Pynchon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0397003013
- ISBN 13
- 9780397003013
- Publisher
- J B Lippincott
- Place of Publication
- Hagerstown, Maryland, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- June 1963
- Pages
- 492
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Dunaway Books
Biblio member since 2011
Saint Louis, Missouri
About Dunaway Books
Dunaway Books is an absolutely necessary stop for the bibliophile on the Grand South Grand strip. Housed within an airy, spacious former gallery, we carry an unparalleled selection of fine used, out of print and rare volumes. Upon stepping into our store, you will find aisle after aisle of scrupulously collected books treating a broad variety of subjects in depth. We keep new small-press titles by local authors or about local subjects, children's books and shelves of CDs for music lovers. There is something here for everyone. Whether you have a few hours or just a few minutes to while away, Dunaway Books is designed to be an intellectually and creatively stimulating place for the scholar, the collector, and the good old-fashioned voracious reader.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- 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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
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