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The Black Swan
by Mann, Thomas; Trask, Willard R. [Translator]
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Secker & Warburg, London, 1954. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Forest green cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Text unmarked. Light foxing on the edges of the text block. Faint toning and spotting on the endpapers. Former dealer label on the front pastedown. The dust jacket shows some light edge wear, spine lightly sunned, some soiling on the back panel, clipped, in a mylar cover. 16mo. 128pp.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Chaparral Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- JCOSmanBS
- Title
- The Black Swan
- Author
- Mann, Thomas; Trask, Willard R. [Translator]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First UK Edition
- Publisher
- Secker & Warburg, London
- Date Published
- 1954
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Chaparral Books
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
Chaparral Books
Biblio member since 2015
Portland, Oregon
About Chaparral Books
Chaparral Books is located across from Elephant's Deli on S Corbett Avenue in Portland. We have a well rounded collection of subjects, including an extensive core collection in Western Americana and Native American Literature including Western Writers.
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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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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