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Gates of Fear: Great Exploits of the World's Bullrings
by Conrad, Barnaby
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
NY: Thomas Y. Crowell. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition hardcover with full number line. Signed by Conrad to the title page. Gift inscription and bookplate remnant to ffep. Cloth edges sunned/rubbed, hinges a bit tender, mild dampstaining to text block edges. The DJ in mylar is rubbed and chipped, priceclipped, internally reinforced with tape, few minor dampstains. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28381
- Title
- Gates of Fear: Great Exploits of the World's Bullrings
- Author
- Conrad, Barnaby
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1957
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- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
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