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The Vale of Laughter [Signed]
by Peter De Vries
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good +
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1967. Very Good +/Very Good +. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1967. First Edition. Signed by De Vries without inscription at title page. Octavo. 352 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Red boards stamped in gilt and black.
Unclipped dust jacket slightly chipped along edges with some mild creasing and rubbing. Boards with mild shelfwear, dust soiling to edges, some scuffing to rear. Binding sound and pages unmarked.
Unclipped dust jacket slightly chipped along edges with some mild creasing and rubbing. Boards with mild shelfwear, dust soiling to edges, some scuffing to rear. Binding sound and pages unmarked.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26750
- Title
- The Vale of Laughter [Signed]
- Author
- Peter De Vries
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1967
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
Glossary
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
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