Boswell: A Modern comedy
by Stanley Elkin
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- Seller
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Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Random House, 1964. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Very good or better in very good jacket. Ownership signature of author John Metcalf on FFEP. Dust to head of block and minor foxing to head of block and fore edge. Minor spotting to black cloth on front and back boards and very minor bump to foot of spine. Foxing to jacket at far right and bottom edge of front cover and some to lower spine. Very minor edgewear along top of both covers. Otherwise, a tight and clean copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Biblioasis (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013211
- Title
- Boswell: A Modern comedy
- Author
- Stanley Elkin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Random House
- Date Published
- 1964
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Biblioasis
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Biblioasis
Biblio member since 2021
Windsor, Ontario
About Biblioasis
A general used & new book shop, we specialize in Canadian literature, first editions,
signed books, the eighteenth century, and books about books. Open since 1998, we
have a large selection of history, literature, philosophy, art, music, religion,
science, and technical books.
signed books, the eighteenth century, and books about books. Open since 1998, we
have a large selection of history, literature, philosophy, art, music, religion,
science, and technical books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- 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....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...