As The Story Was Told
by Beckett, Samuel
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Dust Jacket Included
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: John Calder, (1990) Book. Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, black cloth covered boards with gilt spine title. 134pp. A posthumous collection of previously "uncollected" works by the Nobel prize winning novelist and dramatist. A very clean, fresh and tight volume in a crisp, sharp, bright dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. A lovely copy..
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- Bookseller
- Brillig Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 03632
- Title
- As The Story Was Told
- Author
- Beckett, Samuel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Edition
- F
- Publisher
- London: John Calder, (1990)
- Keywords
- BECKETT, FRENCH, IRISH, IRELAND, ANTHOLOGY, COLLECTED, UNCOLLECTED, POSTHUMOUS, SAMUEL MODERN, BRITISH, FRANCE, DRAMA, THEATRE, PLAYWRIGHT, FIRST EDITION FICTION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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About the Seller
Brillig Books
Biblio member since 2006
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
About Brillig Books
An independent bookseller of uncommon, out-of-print, used and rare books since 1991.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
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- Crisp
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
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