Demian: The Story of a Youth
by Hermann Hesse
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/fair
- Seller
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Uncasville, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
first printing thus hardcover edition in dust jacket (Henry Holt, 1948); no prior owner marks but front free end page has been removed; age tone to text pages, dust/foxing to top text block outside edge; sound binding; clean cloth cover vivid titling; dj sun darkened along spine and worn along edges (chips at spine ends, shallow chipping and short tears along edges, rubbing and darkening along folds, age tone and light soil to back panel); flap corners clipped but price present; tape repair to dj verso along fold B18
Synopsis
Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair's Youth is a bildungsroman by Hermann Hesse, first published in 1919; a prologue was added in 1960. Demian was first published under the pseudonym "Emil Sinclair", the name of the narrator of the story, but Hesse was later revealed to be the author. The novel was written in just three weeks.
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- Bookseller
- DrPanglossBooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- biblio2941
- Title
- Demian: The Story of a Youth
- Author
- Hermann Hesse
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Henry Holt
- Date Published
- 1948
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- 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....
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.