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A Noble Profession
by Boulle, Pierre
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/VG-
- Seller
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SANTA BARBARA, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Vanguard Press Inc., 1960. Brief gift inscription on fep. Front board has 5 pin holes that only barely break into the boards. Shelf wear. Jacket is price clipped and rear panel has rubbing and white background lost its freshness. Page edges lightly soiled.. First American Edition. Cloth. Very Good/VG-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Novel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Timothy Norlen Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001798
- Title
- A Noble Profession
- Author
- Boulle, Pierre
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- VG-
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- The Vanguard Press Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1960
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Terms of Sale
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Books sent out within 24 - 48 hours upon receipt of order. Return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 15 days after delivery if an item arrives that is not as described.
About the Seller
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Biblio member since 2019
SANTA BARBARA, California
About Timothy Norlen Bookseller
I am a internet based bookstore that specializes in Modern First Editions, film sources, Mystery and Detective fiction and Western Americana. I have approximately 10,000 books, primarily first editions with about 1300 of them signed by the author. I try and stock only books that are sound, clean and attractive.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...