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Why Are We in Vietnam?
by Mailer, Norman
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good to Very Good
- Seller
-
Tucson, Arizona, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Two copies. A first impression 1st state with a dedication, which was removed in second state and later printings. This is a Near Fine, unread book with slight age toning around edges of boards and spine ends, which are soft; in a Good to Very Good jacket that has edge wear, some loss of color edges and folds and spine with rubbing both panels. A second impression that is a Near Fine book with slight age toning around edges of boards and spine ends, which are soft and with touch of rubbing to lettering on spine; in a Good jacket with edge wear, some chipping, and color loss edges, folds, spine and back panel, rubbing both panels. This copy has been signed by Mailer on the half-title page and dated Oct. 31, 1998. Both copies have price of $4.95 on front flap. Second copy also has 99 in ballpoint lower corner front flap. This a novel, quite crude, about an Alaskan hunting outing and has nothing to do with Vietnam.
Details
- Bookseller
- Squid Ink Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- biblio6673
- Title
- Why Are We in Vietnam?
- Author
- Mailer, Norman
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good to Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First and Second Impressions
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Putnam
- Place of Publication
- U.S.
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- Fiction
Terms of Sale
Squid Ink Books
Payment in USD. Sales tax will be added to sales to AZ residents. Established customers will be invoiced. Books may be returned for any reason, with return condition as per shipped. If you order a book from us you will receive it, or be given a full refund. We don't ask you to pay extra for insurance to protect us. All books shipped with mylar dust jacket protectors, well-packed, in boxes.
About the Seller
Squid Ink Books
Biblio member since 2008
Tucson, Arizona
About Squid Ink Books
We sell collectible books and first editions, mostly modern or hyper-modern titles, many signed, via the internet, by catalogue mailings, and by appointment at our book casita in Tucson, Arizona.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Second State
- used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
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