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The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
de Kundera, Milan
- Usado
- near fine
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Librería
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. First American Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition, first printing. Signed by Milan Kundera and inscribed to a former owner in the year of publication on the half-title page. Bound in publisher's original paper boards over brown cloth spine stamped in gilt. Near Fine with light toning to edges of boards, faint foxing to textblock edge, preliminary and terminal pages. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light shelf wear, light tanning and several short edge tears. Signed copies are scarce.
Sinopsis
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting is a novel by Milan Kundera, published in 1979. It is composed of seven separate narratives united by some common themes. The book considers the nature of forgetting as it occurs in history, politics and life in general. The stories also contain elements found in the genre of Magical Realism.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 140945383
- Título
- The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
- Autor
- Kundera, Milan
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First American Edition
- Editorial
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1980
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Literature;
Términos de venta
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Sobre el vendedor
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Miembro de Biblio desde 2010
Portland, Oregon
Sobre Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
