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Empire: A Novel
by Gore Vidal
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394561236
- ISBN 13
- 9780394561233
- Seller
-
Kanab, Utah, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Random House, New York, 1987 An exceptional hardcover copy of the first edition/first printing, with dustcover: book as new and dustcover fine. Dark blue cloth-covered boards, gilt spine and front board lettering, 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches, 486 pp. Pages clean and crisp, with no marks of any kind; binding tight and square. The dustcover spine may be ever so slightly sunned, else as new; not price-clipped; now in mylar jacket. (K083). 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Boojum and Snark Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4495
- Title
- Empire: A Novel
- Author
- Gore Vidal
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394561236
- ISBN 13
- 9780394561233
- Publisher
- Random House, New York
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- HISTORICAL FICTION, UNITED STATES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Boojum and Snark Books
Biblio member since 2003
Kanab, Utah
About Boojum and Snark Books
General antiquarian and out-of-print books. Specializing in medicine, history of medicine, science, technology and technical books.
Glossary
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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"...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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