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Glory
by Nabokov, Vladimir
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0070457336
- ISBN 13
- 9780070457331
- Seller
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Charlotte Hall, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Hightstown, New Jersey, U.S.A.: McGraw-Hill Book Co, 1971. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The life, affairs, and travels of the Swiss-Russian hero, Martin Edelweiss. Stated first printing. This is a lovely copy in great shape and very clean with no writing, marks, underlining, or bookplates. No remainder marks. Not an ex-library copy. Spine is tight and crisp. Corners are square, and the black boards are flat and true with only some minor wear to the lower edge and a bit of scuffing. The pages are only very slightly browned, and there is some very light foxing to the textblock edges. The bright gold dust jacket is not price-clipped ($6.95) and is likewise in great shape with only minor edge wear, some foxing (mainly to the left edge of the back cover), a hint of browning in places, some light scuffing, and a small crease to the front jacket flap. This collectible, very good+/very good+, first edition/first printing copy is protected with an archival mylar dust jacket cover. Satisfaction guaranteed!
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- Bookseller
- rarefirstscom
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000639
- Title
- Glory
- Author
- Nabokov, Vladimir
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0070457336
- ISBN 13
- 9780070457331
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Book Co
- Place of Publication
- Hightstown, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1971
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
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RAREFIRSTS.COM specializes in affordable quality first editions/first printings of both classic and contemporary literature. Our pricing is very competitive and our quality will exceed your expectations. We help build great literature collections for both individuals and institutions. Our stock of both classic and contemporary literature is too large to list all titles...so query us if you don't see what you need or want. If its not in inventory, we generally can obtain a quality copy very quickly for you...and at a reasonable price. Our founder is a former journalist and newspaper publisher who, in his second career, retired after 31 years at the Library of Congress where he was an administrator of a national library service for individuals who are blind or physically handicapped. RAREFIRSTS.COM offers quality literature with professional integrity at very reasonable prices.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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- Spine
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- 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"...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Remainder
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