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Kalki: A Novel (First Edition Society series)
by VIDAL, Gore
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1978. First Edition. Leather. Stated First Edition (preceding the Random House trade edition). A deluxe edition of Gore Vidal's novel, in which the title character is the leader of a Nepal-based religious cult who schemes to rid the planet of the human race. With illustrations by George H. Jones and a prefatory note by the author. --- In red full bonded leather covers with gilt ornamentation stamped on front, back and spine; three raised bands on spine. All edges gilt. Interior with peach silk moire endpapers with matching sewn in satin ribbon placemarker. Issued as part of the publisher's First Edition Society series. One of an unspecified number in this limited edition. --- A newish, tightly-bound, unmarked copy but with faint scratches to textblock fore-edge gilding.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; [12], 315, [5] pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 88185
- Title
- Kalki: A Novel (First Edition Society series)
- Author
- VIDAL, Gore
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 1978
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About the Seller
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Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...
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