Book of Knives
by De Riaz, Yvan
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0517543613
- ISBN 13
- 9780517543610
- Seller
-
Granville, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: Crown, 1981. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Crown, 1981, first printing. 4to., 170 pp., over 1,000 knives illustrated. Gray cloth with gilt cover titles and spine lettering. Previous owner's name and emboss on front fly leaf, otherwise very good in dust jacket with slight chipping at the crown.. 1st. Hard. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Wild Muse (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003176
- Title
- Book of Knives
- Author
- De Riaz, Yvan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0517543613
- ISBN 13
- 9780517543610
- Publisher
- Crown
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- KNIVES COLLECTIBLES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sport; Antiques & Collectibles;
Terms of Sale
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Returnable within 10 days.
About the Seller
The Wild Muse
Biblio member since 2005
Granville, New York
About The Wild Muse
Literary and modern first editions. Established 1985. Mail order only.
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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....
- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- 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...