THE BEGGAR'S KNIFE
by Rey Rosa, Rodrigo (stories); Bowles, Paul (translation)
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1985. First Edition. First Printing, wrappered issue. Octavo (20cm); glossy pictorial card wrappers; [viii],95,[1]pp. Light crease to upper front cover, trivial wear to crown, else very Near Fine. The Guatemalan author's first book, a collection of 26 short stories translated by Paul Bowles.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5916
- Title
- THE BEGGAR'S KNIFE
- Author
- Rey Rosa, Rodrigo (stories); Bowles, Paul (translation)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- City Lights Books
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1985
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About the Seller
Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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Stephenson, Virginia
About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Founded in 2010, Captain Ahab's Rare Books specializes in first editions of literature, genre fiction, film-related books and ephemera, zines, manuscript and archival material.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...