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THE BRIGADIER AND THE GOLF WIDOW.
by Cheever, John
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1965., 1965.. Good. - Octavo, red cloth titled in gilt on the spine in a yellow dust wrapper printed in red and black. The dust jacket is slightly soiled, The top edge of the dust jacket is chipped, with heavier chipping to the corners and head and tail of the jacket's spine. x & 275 pages. Very good in a good dust wrapper. <p>First English edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33157
- Title
- THE BRIGADIER AND THE GOLF WIDOW.
- Author
- Cheever, John
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1965.
- Date Published
- 1965.
- Keywords
- LITERATURE; JOHN CHEEVER; THE BRIGADIER AND THE GOLF WIDOW; FIRST BRITISH EDITION; 1ST U.K. EDITION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; FICTION; NOVEL.
Terms of Sale
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- 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...
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