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RIGADOON
by Celine, Louis-Ferdinand
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/NEAR FINE
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Delacorte / Seymour Lawrence, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. FINE/NEAR FINE. First Edition, First Printing with publisher's review slip and promotional photograph. 12mo, mustard yellow cloth with gilt and brown stamped covers. Small spot of glue to the top edge, likely from the publisher, exceedingly clean and fresh otherwise with sharp edges and tight binding; DJ spine just faintly sunned, crisp and clean aotherwise with price of 8.95 intact. The final novel from the controversial French author, a 'charlatan, racist, and Nazi collaborator' (from the DJ flap) who was one of the foremost French writers at the time of his death in 1961 and regarded as forerunner by Vonnegut, 'A great liberator' by Philip Roth' (FWIW) and 'A great writer and a great man' by Henry Miller (again, FWIW).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arches Bookhouse
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 503494
- Title
- RIGADOON
- Author
- Celine, Louis-Ferdinand
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- NEAR FINE
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Delacorte / Seymour Lawrence
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
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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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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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