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THE FOURTH ANGEL
by Rechy, John
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/FINE
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Viking / Richard Seaver, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. FINE/FINE. SIGNED and inscribed on the FFEP by Rechy to his friend and fellow Angeleno, photographer Stathis Orphanos. Stathis and his parnter, Ralph Sylvester, comprised the fine-press publishers Sylvester and Orphanos. 158pp. 12mo, mustard paper over boards backed in olive green cloth with yellow stamped lettering, green topstain, deckled fore and tail edges. A FINE copy without qualitification, entirely clean and sharp with crisp, fresh pages in clean, bright DJ.
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- Bookseller
- Arches Bookhouse
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 503961
- Title
- THE FOURTH ANGEL
- Author
- Rechy, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- FINE
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Viking / Richard Seaver
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
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Terms of Sale
Arches Bookhouse
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
Arches Bookhouse
Biblio member since 2022
Portland, Oregon
About Arches Bookhouse
Brick & mortar humanities bookshop in Portland, OR. Philosophy, history, theology, literature, art.
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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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