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The Glass Harmonica: A Lexicon of the Fantastical
by Byfield, Barbara Ninde
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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San Mateo, California, United States
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About This Item
Macmillan Company, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Byfield, Barbara Ninde. 10" x 8". First edition, first printing of Byfield's 'Lexicon of the Fantastical': a witty, illustrated, alphabetical introduction to the emerging conventions of the fantasy genre. Later reprinted by Doubleday as 'The Book of Weird', it has entertained generations of readers and influenced generations of writers. Minor wear to the edges of the unclipped dust jacket, particularly the upper edge of the spine. Red cloth cover has minor bumps to the corners and the edges of the spine. Tan endpapers, 160 pages, clean and unmarked.
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Details
- Bookseller
- B Street Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2022-M220
- Title
- The Glass Harmonica: A Lexicon of the Fantastical
- Author
- Byfield, Barbara Ninde
- Illustrator
- Byfield, Barbara Ninde
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan Company
- Date Published
- 1967
Terms of Sale
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We accept returns of any book within 30 days and refund the price, so long as the book is returned in the same condition it was sent.
About the Seller
B Street Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
San Mateo, California
About B Street Books, ABAA
We buy and sell used, rare, collectible and antiquarian books and are conveniently located in the heart of the San Francisco Bay Area peninsula. We are San Mateo's only used bookstore and have served the area for over 10 years.
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Bumps
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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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...
- Spine
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