A Cloak of Light
by Wright Morris
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- As New/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
-
Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Franklin Library, Pennsylvania, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). As New/No Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. This is a signed first edition and is illustrated throughout with b&w photographs. This is the first USA edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. All edges gilt - bright, rich condition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; Signed by Author. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 2199. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2199
- Title
- A Cloak of Light
- Author
- Wright Morris
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Full Leather)
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Franklin Library, Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- BZDB1 Fiction; Signed by Author Wright Morris A Cloak of Light
Terms of Sale
Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
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About the Seller
Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
Biblio member since 2004
Katoomba, New South Wales
About Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
Mr Pickwick's occupies a large, 3-storey former Bank building in the heart of the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, Australia. We carry over 60,000 books in store, and cater to both the specialist collector trade as well as the general book trade in this region. Mr Pickwick's is one of the most comprehensive bookshops in Australia, and also operates an extensive Bookfinder service for its several thousand database clients.
Glossary
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...