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Dangerous Acquaintances (Liasons)
by de Laclos, Choderlos and Richard Aldington(Translator)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Albany, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: New Directions, 1952. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Assumed First Edition and Printing with no date. In black cloth boards and red cloth to spine with gilt. Just a little wear at corners which are still relatively sharp and some fading to spine ends. Previous owner's name in pencil to ffep and tiny spot to rear pastedown, otherwise clean with just some light toning. Binding tight. Tears to bottom corners of several pages which were not cut well at printer - otherwise Near Fine. Jacket is unclipped ($3.75) with correct price as first printing. Small chips at corners, head of spine, top of rear panel and top of front flap. Some edge nicks and short tears with small puncture to front panel adjacent spine. A few tiny pencil erasure marks to jacket and light scuffing. Cover design by Alvin Lustig and George Barrows.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LPB006303CD
- Title
- Dangerous Acquaintances (Liasons)
- Author
- de Laclos, Choderlos and Richard Aldington(Translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First US Edition/First Printing
- Publisher
- New Directions
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- French Literature;
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Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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About the Seller
Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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Albany, California
About Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
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