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Eyeless in Gaza
by Huxley, Aldous
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1938. Considered by some to be Huxley's greatest novel. First published in 1936; this is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the Second Impression [stated "A New Impression"] from two years later. Light orange cloth binding with titling in white on the spine. Clean text; 620 pages. Front paste-down has a small Blackwoods label and a previous-owner bookplate. Light rub to the corners, a bit of sun to the top edge. Lacking a dustwrapper. In an archival plastic protector.. Second Impression. Hard Cover. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005924
- Title
- Eyeless in Gaza
- Author
- Huxley, Aldous
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (Plus)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Second Impression
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1938
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
Glossary
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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"...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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