New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1936. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo; full gray-green cloth, with titles stamped in silver on spine; orange topstain; dustjacket; 321pp. Signed by Kay Boyle on the title page. Light rubbing to lower board edges, with some trivial offset to pastedowns; very Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped, lightly sunned at spine and along front joint, with a single closed tear to upper rear panel; Near Fine.

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Bookseller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 18062
Title: Death of a Man [Signed]
Author: BOYLE, Kay
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace and Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1936
Bookseller catalogs: Modern Fiction;

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Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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...
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...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Offset: A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...