The Memory of Old Jack
by Berry, Wendell
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- VG/VG
- ISBN 10
- 0151588651
- ISBN 13
- 9780151588657
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
First Edition, 4th printing (as shown by the letter "D" on copyright page, according to Harcourt, Brace statement in Zempel, Verkler: First Editions Guide to Identification). Inscribed by author on FEP, signature probably contemporary, as it shows the early style of the last name's "B" with the downward stroke.
Condition is VG- with the binding a bit shaken although still fully intact and slight bowing of front board; rest of book otherwise VG. Dust jacket is solid VG, not price-clipped. See photos for details and feel free to inquire further.
A nice signed copy of an early Berry novel.
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- Bookseller
- Intangible Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4609
- Title
- The Memory of Old Jack
- Author
- Berry, Wendell
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 4th printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0151588651
- ISBN 13
- 9780151588657
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1974
- Pages
- 223
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Wendell Berry, Port William, Kentucky
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Books are described according to ABAA standards (Fine, Near Fine, Very Good, Good, Fair). Pictures will accompany listings as much as possible. More photos always available on request. Questions welcome. The collector was quite picky, and the descriptions will reflect the same discerning eye.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
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