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Dust on Her Tongue
by Rosa, Rodrigo Rey
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0720607469
- ISBN 13
- 9780720607468
- Seller
-
Madison, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Peter Owen, 1989. 75 pp. Light blue boards with silver lettering on the spine only. This slender first edtion has been translated from the Spanish by author Paul Bowles, who also wrote the introduction. Binding is square and tight. There is a previous seller's sticker on the inside front board. The unclipped, black and white pictorial dust jacket has a small tear at top of spine. Minor wear to the extremities. Pages are toned but unmarked. A delightlful collection of short stories by the author of "The Beggar's Knife.". First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Chatham Bookseller, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 032813
- Title
- Dust on Her Tongue
- Author
- Rosa, Rodrigo Rey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0720607469
- ISBN 13
- 9780720607468
- Publisher
- Peter Owen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1989
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Spanish Translation, Paul Bowles, Guatemala
Terms of Sale
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
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About the Seller
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
Biblio member since 2005
Madison, New Jersey
About The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
The Chatham Bookseller began in 1968, and, in 1970, opened a store at its present location in Madison, NJ. The store contains over 10,000 books in over 80 different subjects, and favors good used books and good literature (both hardcover and paperback) over popular books and bestsellers. Our Internet business began in 2001. Upon visiting the store, we can show and sell individual online titles upon request. Store hours are 10:00-5:30 (Tues.-Sat.) and 11:00-4:00 (Sun.). The business is run by Richard Chalfin.
Glossary
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- 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.
- 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....