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Makbara
by GOYTISOLO, Juan (Helen R. Lane, translator)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Seaver Books, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Pp. 270. Half black cloth over red paper covered boards, titles stamped in gilt on the spine. In the three color illustrated dust jacket with price intact on the front flap. Bright, crisp and tight with very light foxing to the edges. Jacket with light edge-wear. From the jacket blurb, the title is "an Arab word which refers to the places in cemeteries where young couples meet to make love." This narrative poem, written to be read aloud, received the 2002 Premio Octavio Paz for Poetry and Essays. Dust jacket is now preserved in a removable, clear archival sleeve.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6176
- Title
- Makbara
- Author
- GOYTISOLO, Juan (Helen R. Lane, translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Seaver Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
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About the Seller
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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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...
- Gilt
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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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