Orient Express
by Dos Passos, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good in Good dust jacket
- Seller
-
Northridge, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: Harper & Brothers. Good in Good dust jacket. 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth spine, mauve boards, paper label to spine, brown topstain. Stated first edition, first state. Board edges rubbed and sunned, first signature poorly attached (during printing? ) and perhaps stuck/pulled by publisher's glue, and table of contents is partially torn out, with a pull to facing page. Paper spine label complete. The DJ in mylar is edgeworn, chipped, soiled, and mildly dampstained. Flap price of $3.50. Frontis picture tipped in. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21144
- Title
- Orient Express
- Author
- Dos Passos, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Good dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1927
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
curtis paul books inc.
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Northridge, California
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- 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...
- 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.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- 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...
- 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....
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