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The Big Clock
by Kenneth Fearing
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good book; good dust jacket, spine faded and chipped, edges torn and chipped, covers soiled, flap seams worn
- Seller
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Ridgewood, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1946. First edition. Hardcover, [octavo], black cloth boards, gilt spine titles, pictorial dust jacket, 175 pp. Very good book; good dust jacket, spine faded and chipped, edges torn and chipped, covers soiled, flap seams worn.
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- Bookseller
- Better Read Than Dead
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1863
- Title
- The Big Clock
- Author
- Kenneth Fearing
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, [octavo], black cloth boards, gilt spine titles, pictorial dust jacket, 175 pp
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good book; good dust jacket, spine faded and chipped, edges torn and chipped, covers soiled, flap seams worn
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- The Big Clock, Kenneth Fearing
Terms of Sale
Better Read Than Dead
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Better Read Than Dead
Biblio member since 2023
Ridgewood, New York
About Better Read Than Dead
Better Read Than Dead has been selling used books and other printed materials in Brooklyn, NY since 2012. We currently operate two open storefronts and an ever-growing online inventory.
Glossary
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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...
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