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The Iceman Cometh
by O'Neill, Eugene
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Random House, 1946. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition [stated]. Denim-blue cloth binding with O'Neill's signature in gilt on the front cover. Titling in gilt within a red label on the spine. Clean text; viii, 260 pages; top-edge is stained red. Some offset to the endpapers; small stamp on the rear paste-down. Else, a Fine copy. The dustwrapper is Very Good. Unclipped; light edgewear with some chipping at the top of the spine, which is darkened; lettering somewhat dulled but perfectly readable. In an archival plastic protector.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953), the author of 49 plays, won four Pulitzer Prizes for drama, and is the only American playwright to have received a Nobel Prize.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006056
- Title
- The Iceman Cometh
- Author
- O'Neill, Eugene
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1946
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Theatre/Drama;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
We accept checks and money orders in US Dollars. Credit card orders are accepted through Biblio. California residents add appropriate sales tax. Items are returnable for any reason within ten days of receipt (please email or call first before returning item).
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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- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
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