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Happy Birthday, Wanda June
by Vonnegut, Kurt
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Delacorte Press, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Publisher's black cloth binding with spine stamped in gilt and upper board with metallic red pitch fork design. First edition, first printing stated and with orange end papers, in dust jacket with publisher's price of $5.95 intact. Near Fine, with previous owner inkless emboss to front free end paper, pages lightly toned, else fine. In a Very Good dust jacket, with a bit of rubbing amateur color touch-ups made with black marker. A pretty scarce Vonnegut title in the correct first edition. While the book club edition states "first printing" as well, the end papers are white.
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Details
- Seller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 170603002
- Title
- Happy Birthday, Wanda June
- Author
- Vonnegut, Kurt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Delacorte Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1971
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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