About Wise Men and Simpletons
by Grimm, Jacob; Grimm, Wilhelm; Shub, Elizabeth [translator]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0241022169
- ISBN 13
- 9780241022160
- Seller
-
Salem, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Hamish Hamilton, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. Signed. First thus; first UK edition, preceded by the US first. Inscribed by illustrator Nonny Hogrogian to a previous owner at FFEP. Boards very good with lightly bumped spine ends and front fore-edge corners. Spine cocked forward slightly. Binding sound. Dust jacket very good in Mylar with light edgewear, three publisher's stickers with new prices layered over original price at front inner flap. Interior clean and bright, text unmarked.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book Bin (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BBS-2017951
- Title
- About Wise Men and Simpletons
- Author
- Grimm, Jacob; Grimm, Wilhelm; Shub, Elizabeth [translator]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0241022169
- ISBN 13
- 9780241022160
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1972
- Size
- 0x0x0
- X weight
- 0 oz
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...