Waldo
by Theroux, Paul
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. 208pp. Octavo [21 cm] Black cloth covered boards with white ink stamped titles on the spine and front cover. Bright yellow endsheets. Very good. The edges of the spine and covers are rubbed and lightly bumped. The spine is ever so slightly rolled. The dust jacket is in very good condition, with rubbing. Subtly yellowed. There are numerous small light stains on the rear panel. The edges are slightly creased and chipped. There is a slightly larger chip in the paper at the foot of the spine that measures just under a 1/4 inch deep. Waldo is Theroux's first novel, which sold about 4000 copies at the time it was released.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28849
- Title
- Waldo
- Author
- Theroux, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1967
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Salt Lake City, Utah
About Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Rolled
- rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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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