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John Barleycorn
de London, Jack
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- About Very Good
- Librería
-
Baldwinsville, New York, United States
Precio
EUR 183.81EUR 165.43
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Sobre este artículo
New York: The Century Co., 1913. First Edition & First Printing . Cloth. About Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dunn, H.T.. New York: The Century Co., 1913. First Edition/First Printing. BAL 11946, Sisson & Martens p 71. First printing, with one only blank leaf between last text page and rear free endpaper. Eight illustrations by H.T. Dunn. Octavo, 343 pp. Dark green cloth with gilt imprining. "Smith Bros." of Oakland bookstore label at front pastedown. Superficial moisturewear at spine foot, partially affecting corresponding lower portions of covers, light soiling, shelf wear, spine darkened. About Very Good. The true first edition, first state of Jack London's autobiographical account of his war with alcoholism - from the life-affirming "purple passages" it inspired (and, in fact, was itself) to his sensitive bow to the manner in which women have so long been destined to save men from such follies. A book which later influenced beat/counterculture icons Jack Kerouac and Charles Bukowski. L6
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Singularity Rare & Fine
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 000302
- Título
- John Barleycorn
- Autor
- London, Jack
- Ilustrador
- Dunn, H.T.
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - About Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition & First Printing
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- The Century Co.
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1913
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Palabras clave
- Jack London, first Edition, Illustrations, antiquarian, alcoholism, Whiskey
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Singular: Without A Category;
Términos de venta
Singularity Rare & Fine
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Sobre el vendedor
Singularity Rare & Fine
Miembro de Biblio desde 2005
Baldwinsville, New York
Sobre Singularity Rare & Fine
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- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- BAL
- Bibliography of American Literature (commonly abbreviated as BAL in descriptions) is the quintessential reference work for any...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
