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The Air-Conditioned Nightmare
by Miller, Henry
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good Book/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: New Directions, 1945. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Smooth Beige Cloth. Good Book/No Dust Jacket. 292 pp. First issue, bound in smooth beige cloth, spine lettering in green and brown, map endpapers, tipped in photos on glossy paper. Covers worn, frayed at top and bottom of spine and in points at tips, dampstaining to large parts of cloth, dampstaining to small area at lower corner of page block [foredge and bottom edge] with a little dampstaining to interior plates in corresponding area at lower foredge. Inscribed on half title by Miller to Pierre [probably his collector and friend Pierre Sicart], "For Pierre - Henry Miller 6/6/74", with note below in another hand "From Barbara Chrisler Jan 1967 on day of her death" with Miller's note below, "why not on day of her life [underlinjed]? HM". . Chrisler's small ownership signature at top of front endpaper. Front hinge cracked through before title page, small edge dampstained areas on plates as noted above, contents otherwise very good +. No Dust Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Arroyo Seco Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 024884
- Title
- The Air-Conditioned Nightmare
- Author
- Miller, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Smooth Beige Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Book
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New Directions
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1945
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature: Twentieth and Twenty-First Century;
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About the Seller
Arroyo Seco Books
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Pasadena, California
About Arroyo Seco Books
Arroyo Seco Books lists about 26,000 used books in all fields, including physics, art, philosophy, social science, literature, science fiction, etc. We also stock modern and antiquarian prints and other art. Most items are listed in 100 catalogs titled by subject matter, and available on this site. We purchase interesting private libraries. Member of IOBA. Contact: Stephen Clauser, 626-372-3863.
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- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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