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Descent of Man: Stories
by Boyle, T. Coraghessan
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0316104698
- ISBN 13
- 9780316104692
- Seller
-
Las Vegas , Nevada, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press / Little, Brown and Company, 1979 First printing of the stated first edition. Signed by T. Coraghessan Boyle directly on the title-page. Author's first book. Shallow crimping to spine ends, light toning to endpapers, and light foxing to outer page edge, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with some rubbing to covers (primarily to folds and spine), creasing and rubbing to spine ends and corners, a couple closed tears to upper back cover, and light toning to the top edge of inside flaps.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Idler Fine Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023302
- Title
- Descent of Man: Stories
- Author
- Boyle, T. Coraghessan
- Illustrator
- Alan Arkawy (Author photo); Gerry Hoover
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0316104698
- ISBN 13
- 9780316104692
- Publisher
- Atlantic Monthly Press / Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- Fiction, Literature, Author's First Book. Short Stories.
Terms of Sale
Idler Fine Books
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About the Seller
Idler Fine Books
Biblio member since 2003
Las Vegas , Nevada
About Idler Fine Books
We specialize in First Editions in Fiction, Poetry, Science Fiction, Horror, Mystery, many signed first editions and limited editions.
Glossary
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- 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.
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
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