Tales Before Midnight
de Stephen Vincent Benet
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine/Very Good Indeed
- Librería
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Precio
EUR 178.20EUR 160.38
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1939 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 6". None. The first edition of this collection of thrilling short stories by American writer Stephen Vincent Benet. The first edition, first printing, identified via the "F&R" monogram to the colophon.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Benet was an American poet, short story writer, and novelist who received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. He is remembered for the short story 'The Devil and Daniel Webster'.With the bookplate of American bibliophile Frederick Baldwin Adams Jr. to the front pastedown. He was director of the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York City from 1948 to 1969. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with light shelf wear to spine tail. Dust wrapper in excellent condition, with minor chipping to back strip tail, and a small closed tear at the head of the fold of the front joint. Back strip a touch age toned. Light handling marks to rear wrap. Bookplate to front pastedown. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 891F69
- Título
- Tales Before Midnight
- Autor
- Stephen Vincent Benet
- Ilustrador
- None
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good Indeed
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Farrar & Rinehart, Inc.
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1939
- Tamaño
- 8.5" by 6"
- Palabras clave
- American Fantastic Tales frederick baldwin adams jr The Devil and Daniel Webster supernatural fiction frederick baldwin adams jr
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Fine
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...