vision press 1950. first edition octavo black cloth boards with gilt lettering, 509pp VG (light wear and marking to extremities, light soiling and foxing) in G+ d/w (extensive archival tape repair to extremities with some former cellotape staining and some loss especially to tail of spine) an uncommon first edition, with a rare example of the dustwrapper

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Bookseller: Hard To Find Books (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 223464
Title: Journey to the End of the Night
Author: CELINE, LOUIS-FERDINAND
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: vision press 1950
Keywords: modern first edition literature louis-ferdinand celine

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Dustwrapper: Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
Tail: The heel of the spine.
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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
G+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good. Good is defined as "describes the average used and worn book...