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THE BLUE OF CAPRICORN
by Eugene Burdick
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Livonia, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
The Riverside Press / Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1961. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ; Rare first edition. Teal cloth cover is rubbed at corners and spine caps with slightly toned spine but clean, bright, and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Inscribed and signed by author on title page. Pages are clean and pristine. Dust jacket has wear to the extremities with several short tears and one old repair with scotch tape but clean, bright, and in good+ condition. Publisher's price of $4.95 on DJ flap. 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. ) ; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14754
- Title
- THE BLUE OF CAPRICORN
- Author
- Eugene Burdick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- The Riverside Press / Houghton Mifflin Company
- Date Published
- 1961
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
Sage Rare & Collectible Books specializes in out-of-print, scarce, and rare books as well as signed and First Editions.
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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"...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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...
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