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The New Year (INSCRIBED): A Novel
by Pearl S. Buck
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Mustard linen with gilt particulars to front board and spine. Dust jacket in mylar protector; deckled edges. Inscribed by the author to half title page and dated February 1969. Dust jacket is not price clipped. Includes an article from March 6, 1973 regarding the author's passing loosely adhered to back endpaper. Small losses to dust jacket at front corners (see image). Aside from inscription, without previous owners' names or other markings. 255 pp. 6 x 8 1/2 inches.
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Details
- Bookseller
- William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5369
- Title
- The New Year (INSCRIBED)
- Author
- Pearl S. Buck
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, Second Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The John Day Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; American Literature;
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed.
About the Seller
William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
Biblio member since 2008
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
About William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
We are a brick & mortar store located between I95 and the Florida Turnpike. We focus on the visual aspects of books and the book as artifact. We have large Art and Graphic Art sections including haute couture magazines but also carry Architecture, Ancient & Classical History, Performing Arts and Books on Books & Antiques. We have a large selection of Antiquarian Books, Antique maps & Antique prints. Hours by chance or appointment.
Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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....
- 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...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
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