THE PROFESSIONAL
by Heinz, W.C
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Sastamala, Finland
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About This Item
London: Peter Davies, 1959. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Printing of the First UK edition. A nice copy of the novel acclaimed by Ernest Hemingway as "the only good novel I have read about a fighter". Original red cloth, a square, tight copy with noticeable bumps to the corners but otherwise in fresh, VG condition - free from previous owner names etc. One single, large spot to the rear endpaper else free from foxing or other marks. The dustjacket is unclipped with the publisher's later price sticker fixed over the original price t the front flap.Bumped/rubbed at the corners with just normal shelf-wear for a book of this age and a hint of print-soiling to the rear panel. Otherwise a VG jacket and overall an attractive copy of this title.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Northern Lights Rare Books (FI)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18032218
- Title
- THE PROFESSIONAL
- Author
- Heinz, W.C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Peter Davies
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- BOXING, PUGILISM, FIGHTING, SPORT, PRIZE-FIGHTING, EDDIE BROWN, HEMINGWAY, FIRSTS,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Northern Lights Rare Books
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Sastamala
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...