Airport
by Hailey, Arthur
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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SANTA BARBARA, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday & Co, 1968. Possible review copy as publisher has stamped on first paste down "With compliments of Doubleday & Company Inc". First edition stated on copyright page. Ex-libris bookplate glued near bottom of front end paper. No other markings. Text is clean, tight and square. Light shelf wear to heel of spine and one bumped corner but light blue boards are very clean. Jacket still has its price of $5.95 at top inside flap. Small damp stain at bottom of rear panel and wear at edges with head of spine having the most. In mylar. Basis for the film.. First American Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Timothy Norlen Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003309
- Title
- Airport
- Author
- Hailey, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions; Books Into Film;
Terms of Sale
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Books sent out within 24 - 48 hours upon receipt of order. Return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 15 days after delivery if an item arrives that is not as described.
About the Seller
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Biblio member since 2019
SANTA BARBARA, California
About Timothy Norlen Bookseller
I am a internet based bookstore that specializes in Modern First Editions, film sources, Mystery and Detective fiction and Western Americana. I have approximately 10,000 books, primarily first editions with about 1300 of them signed by the author. I try and stock only books that are sound, clean and attractive.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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- Shelf Wear
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- 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....
- First Edition
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- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- 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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