The Man Who Invented Sin: Fifteen Stories Chosen By the Author as His Best (
by O'Faolain, Sean
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Devi-Adair Compan, 1949. SECOND PRINTING. Full blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Jacket has not been price clipped but is sunned and chippted around the edges. No previous owner's names, not exlibrary. Overall a VERY GOOD book in a FAIR brodart protected dust jacket.. Full Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
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- Bookseller
- Ziern-Hanon Galleries
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017470
- Title
- The Man Who Invented Sin: Fifteen Stories Chosen By the Author as His Best (
- Author
- O'Faolain, Sean
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Publisher
- The Devi-Adair Compan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1949
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- prof7
Terms of Sale
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Saint Louis, Missouri
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- 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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
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