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The Delicate Prey and Other Stories
by Bowles, Paul
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Southampton, New York, United States
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About This Item
Signet Books. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good. First Edition Thus, First Printing (January 1952). Published by Signet, 1952. 12mo. Pictorial wraps with red stained page ends and vintage cover art. Code of #919 on cover and spine. Book is very good; clean with no writing or names. Binding tight, pages crisp. Spine unbroken and corners sharp. Covers have light shelf wear. A nice copy of this collection of suspenseful short stories by acclaimed author and composer Paul Bowles. 192 pages. Book has been placed in a custom acetate protector. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Southampton Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 97079
- Title
- The Delicate Prey and Other Stories
- Author
- Bowles, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Signet Books
- Keywords
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Terms of Sale
Southampton Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Southampton Books
Biblio member since 2022
Southampton, New York
About Southampton Books
Southampton Books & Sag Harbor Books - Independent bookstores located in the villages of Southampton & Sag Harbor, New York. Selling new and collectible books in all categories. We Buy Books! Do you have books to sell? Call or email or visit our website. Collections - Libraries - Individual Titles.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Pictorial Wraps
- Pictorial wraps are color illustrated covers for paperback books. Preceding mass-market paperbacks, this format brought popular...
- 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...
- 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....
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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"...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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