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The Cider House Rules
by Irving, John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good/very good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1985. First Trade Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. First trade edition of The Cider House Rules: A Novel by John Irving.. Large octavo, 560pp. Beige hardcover, title in gilt. Stated "First Trade Edition" on copyright page with full number line. Solid text block, faint foxing to edges, some dust remnants and wear to edges of spine. In the publisher's dust jacket, $18.95 retail price on front flap, foxing and stains to verso at top edge of spine. A well-presenting example.
Synopsis
The Cider House Rules is a 1985 novel by John Irving. It has been adapted into a film of the same name and a stage play by Peter Parnell.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15053
- Title
- The Cider House Rules
- Author
- Irving, John
- Illustrator
- First trade edition of The Cider House Rules: A Novel by John Irving.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Trade Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- William Morrow and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- Setting free the bears, prayer for owen meany, the cider house rules a widow for one year, first edition world according to garp, signed book John Irving, limited edition John Irving,
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- Spine
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- Copyright page
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- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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....
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