Candle in the Dark A Postscript to Despair
by Edman, Irwin
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Staten Island, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, 1939. Pictorial Pastedown on Boards. No Jacket. First Edition. Signed by Author. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Peach colored cloth with marbled paper pastedowns on boards. In original slipcase. One of an edit ion of 375 signed copies. Card with compliments of the Viking Press laid-in. Backstrip sunned and 2" tear extending down outer front joint from top of spine. A near very good copy in like slipcase.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth with Pastedowns. Near Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000693
- Title
- Candle in the Dark A Postscript to Despair
- Author
- Edman, Irwin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
About Great Expectations Rare Books
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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....