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ABSALOM, ABSALOM!
by Faulkner, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0394426460
- ISBN 13
- 9780394426464
- Seller
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Livonia, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1964. Hardcover. 0394426460 . ; Reddish cloth cover is sunned on spine with a small soil spot in lower front corner but in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Light soiling to top page edge. Pages are clean and pristine. Dust jacket has light scuffing and modest toning and is creased from being neatly stored inside book but bright and in very good+ condition. Vintage book club edition. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ) .
Synopsis
William Cuthbert Faulkner was born in 1897 and raised in Oxford, Mississippi, where he spent most of his life. One of the towering figures of American literature, he is the author of The Sound and the Fury , Absalom, Absalom! , and As I Lay Dying , among many other remarkable books. Faulkner was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1950 and France’s Legion of Honor in 1951. He died in 1962.
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Details
- Seller
- Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 14335
- Title
- ABSALOM, ABSALOM!
- Author
- Faulkner, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0394426460
- ISBN 13
- 9780394426464
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- 0394426460
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2020
Livonia, Michigan
About Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
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Glossary
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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"...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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