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The Dark Fantastic. Limited Edition numbered and signed by Stanley Ellin
by Stanley Ellin
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0892960604
- ISBN 13
- 9780892960606
- Seller
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Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Mysterious Press, 1983. Limited Edition 1st Printing. Cloth Bound Boards. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1983 stated first edition. Limited Edition, signed and numbered by the Author. Size octavo, 9" tall, 310 pages. Black buckram cloth covered boards with black titles to the spine, black end-papers, with the dust jacket and housed within black slipcase. Slipcase has minor rubbing to its' corners otherwise fine. Book condition near fine, slight rubbing on the surface of the spine otherwise fine, contents are very clean. Dust jacket condition very good plus, corners rubbed, lower edge of spine bumped, tiny bit of running to tiny part of the upper and lower edges of the front panel, not price clipped. This is a limited edition of 250 copies of the first edition that have been hand numbered and signed by Stanley Ellin. This being copy number 247.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lazarus Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018184
- Title
- The Dark Fantastic. Limited Edition numbered and signed by Stanley Ellin
- Author
- Stanley Ellin
- Format/Binding
- Cloth Bound Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0892960604
- ISBN 13
- 9780892960606
- Publisher
- The Mysterious Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Pages
- 310
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- FICTION CRIME FICTION THRILLER ARSON MURDER DETECTIVE DETECTION SOLVE CASE PUZZLE MYSTERY MYSTERIOUS INTRIGUE USA U.S.A. AMERICAN
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About the Seller
Lazarus Books Limited
Biblio member since 2007
Blackpool, Lancashire
About Lazarus Books Limited
We are a small family business located in Blackpool, England. We stock a varied range of Antiquarian and Collectable Books; Antiquarian Holy Bibles, Fine Bindings, Literature, Poetry, Military, Travel, First Editions, Illustrated, Childrens', Signed Books and more.
Glossary
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- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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