THE BEGGAR'S KNIFE
by Rey Rosa, Rodrigo (stories); Bowles, Paul (translation)
- Used
- Hardcover
- 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, cloth issue, preceding the UK edition by three years. Octavo (21cm); red cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [8],1-95,[1]pp. Hint of foxing to upper edge text block, else Fine in a Fine, unclipped, dustjacket (priced $12.95). 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 #
- 5917
- Title
- THE BEGGAR'S KNIFE
- Author
- Rey Rosa, Rodrigo (stories); Bowles, Paul (translation)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- City Lights Books
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1985
Terms of Sale
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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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- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....