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LUST FOR LIFE: A Novel of Vincent Van Gogh
by Stone, Irving
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Doubleday / Heritage, 1937. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. VERY GOOD/Very Good. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on FFEP. xii, 309, [2] pp. 12mo, turquoise cloth, gilt spine lettering, deckled fore edge, 4 color plates of Van Gogh paintings. A few spots of (likely) silverfishing, owner's name in pencil above inscription to FFEP, very clean and sharp otherwise. Unclipped '$4.95' DJ shows some moderate rubbing to extremities, with some minimal loss and a short tear to tail of front hinge, spine just faintly sunned, otherwise clean, now wrapped in mylar and quite presentable.
Synopsis
Irving Stone was born in San Francisco on July 14, 1903. He wrote several books in a genre that he coined the “biographical novel,” which recounted the lives of well-known historical figures. In these novels, Stone interspersed biography with fictional narrative on the psychology and private lives of his subjects. He also wrote biographies of Clarence Darrow and Earl Warren, and short biographies of men who lost presidential elections. He died on August 26, 1989.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arches Bookhouse
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1431
- Title
- LUST FOR LIFE
- Author
- Stone, Irving
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday / Heritage
- Date Published
- 1937
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Terms of Sale
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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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- Cloth
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- Sunned
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Jacket
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- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Inscribed
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- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Gilt
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