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Meteor
by Capek, Karel
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1935. Karel Capek is famed for his first use of the word "robot," and his iconic novel "War with the Newts." He was nominated for the Nobel prize seven times. This is the second volume in his "Noetic Trilogy" (the others are "Hordubal" and "An Ordinary Life"). First published in Prague in 1934; this is a Good only copy of the First American Edition, translated from the origial Czech by M. & R. Weatherall. Blue cloth binding with titling in silver. Clean text; 256 pages. Contemporary (1942) signature on the FFEP. Unfortunately, a rather disreputable copy. Bumped, and the front gutter has split to expose the webbing; the spine has darkened, is rubbed at the bottom, with a chip to the top. Margins are also darkened, and there is a small ding to the front cover. A reading copy.. First American Edition.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004992
- Title
- Meteor
- Author
- Capek, Karel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition.
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1935
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature;
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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
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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....
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
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