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The Unexpurgated Code: A Complete Manual of Survival And Manners
by J.P. Donleavy
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Covington, Kentucky, United States
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About This Item
Delacorte Press, New York, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed. Very Good Book/Very Good Dust Jacket. Signed by author on half-title page. First Printing as stated. Sage green quarter cloth binding with olive green paper over boards, gilt stamped signature on front, gilt title and blind stamped decorations on spine. Cloth shows spots of very faint red discoloration and wrinkle on front. Dust jacket is protected in mylar sleeve that has become unfolded at top and bottom. Dust jacket is soiled with some spots of staining, a few light indentations and creases, a 1/8" closed tear on the front top edge, and edgewear on top and bottom. Dust jacket is not price clipped with $10.00 price and "7794" on front flap. Top edge of book stained yellow and shows some spots of dampstaining near the fore edge. Fore edge deckled. Bottom edge shows a few scratches, all edges show spots of foxing. Yellow endpapers also show faint red discoloration on front and rear pastedowns, light bend on front free endpaper. Binding is tight and square. Large spots of foxing on title page, smaller spots throughout textblock. Pages show light stains in upper corners from dampstaining on top edge stain, otherwise bright. 283 pages. 6-3/8 X 9-3/8.
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- Bookseller
- Roebling Point Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- DOJP-02-C-0224
- Title
- The Unexpurgated Code: A Complete Manual of Survival And Manners
- Author
- J.P. Donleavy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Delacorte Press, New York
- Date Published
- 1975
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Roebling Point Books
Biblio member since 2022
Covington, Kentucky
About Roebling Point Books
Roebling Rare is the online/antiquarian books division of Roebling Point Books, with bricks-and-mortar locations in Covington and Newport KY.
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- Jacket
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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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