Dark Green, Bright Red
by Gore Vidal
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: John Lehmann, 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First British edition. Forest-green cloth boards, spine stamped in red and gilt. Previous owner's name on ffep, else clean. Dust jacket has a little chipping at spine ends and corners; some spots of soiling on rear panel; not price clipped; in clear archival sleeve. 296 pages. 19.5 x 12.5 cm. Jacket illustrated by Leslie Wood. Gore's novel of Central America, for which, he drew upon his experiences living in Guatemala during the Guatemalan Revolution.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Boyd Used & Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013236
- Title
- Dark Green, Bright Red
- Author
- Gore Vidal
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- John Lehmann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1950
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- fiction, novel, Central America, Leslie Wood,
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Boyd Used & Rare Books
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Portland, Oregon
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Glossary
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- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...