The Black Book (The Traveller's Companion Series : No 77)
by Durrell, Lawrence
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0571102476
- ISBN 13
- 9780571102471
- Seller
-
Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Paris: Olympia Press, 1959. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good/Near Very Good. Green printed wraps, 12mo (6-7/8 inches tall), pp. 301, "Francs : 1.500 / Not to be sold in the U.S.A. or U.K." printed at bottom corner of back cover. Volume with bumps to spine ends and one corner, a few pages noted with underlining or brackets, small ink stamp to ffep and top edge. DJ with spine ends chipped, light edge and corner wear. Originally published in 1938 by The Obelisk Press in Paris, The Black Book wasn't published in the US until 1960 and in Great Britain until 1973.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harropian Books, IOBA (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2657
- Title
- The Black Book (The Traveller's Companion Series : No 77)
- Author
- Durrell, Lawrence
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0571102476
- ISBN 13
- 9780571102471
- Publisher
- Olympia Press
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1959
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- Modern First Editions;
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About the Seller
Harropian Books, IOBA
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Nelson, British Columbia
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- 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....