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THE LAST POOL: And Other Stories

THE LAST POOL: And Other Stories

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THE LAST POOL: And Other Stories

by O'Brian, Patrick

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About This Item

London: Secker & Warburg, 1950. First edition of his first book published under this name. SIGNED BY O'BRIAN on the title page. Crisp, clean and very good to near fine with sunning to spine through the dust jacket; in very good to near fine dust jacket with spine lettering a little tanned, corners nicked, and shallow chipping to head of spine. A scarce book that is scarce to rare signed.

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Bookseller
Quill & Brush US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
72272
Title
THE LAST POOL: And Other Stories
Author
O'Brian, Patrick
Book Condition
Used
Quantity Available
1
Publisher
Secker & Warburg
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1950

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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...
Crisp
A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
Jacket
Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Fine
A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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....
Title Page
A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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...

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