The Big X
by Searls, Hank
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good -/Good -
- Seller
-
Canton, Georgia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1959. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good -/Good -. Red Cloth and Black Board Covers with Black Lettering to Spine; front cover has some rubbing at lower edge and lower right corner; upper right corner is rubbed; rear cover has a bumped lower left corner and some rubbing on lower edge and a lightly bumped upper left corner; White Endpapers have tanned and show some foxing; fixed front endpaper has previous owner's gift inscription from the period and upper corners of free front endpaper have light erasure marks and a small scuff area probably from an old price sticker; right book edge is deckle-cut; book interior is clean and tight; 8vo; 241 pages; dustjacket is protected by a mylar wrapper and is lightly soiled and rubbed; front dustjacket panel has a large chip at lower left corner that extends onto spine and minor chipping along bottom edge to right corner; upper right corner of front dustjacket panel has a large chip on side and top edge and small chipping with some light rubbing and creasing near left upper spine gutter; spine panel of dustjacket has heavy chipping at top and bottom edges; white rear dustjacket panel has darkened and is lightly to moderately soiled with chipping along bottom edge and lower left corner and lower right spine gutter; top edge of rear dustjacket panel is lightly chipped along edge and right spine gutter has rubbing and some small chips; inside front flap of dustjacket is price-clipped
0.93#; P3; A; MS4.50; C-3; OD-090716;
0.93#; P3; A; MS4.50; C-3; OD-090716;
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charing Cross Road Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 961000348
- Title
- The Big X
- Author
- Searls, Hank
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Jacket Condition
- Good -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Charing Cross Road Booksellers
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Canton, Georgia
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...