Orphan Paul
by Gorky, Maxim
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Woodland Hills, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Pursuit Press / Boni & Gaer, 1946. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. vg in good jacket (in fresh mylar); chipping at top of jacket spine, fading to jacket and board edges, ownership info on ffep else a tight square unmarked copy
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Details
- Bookseller
- David Kaye Books & Memorabilia
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23095
- Title
- Orphan Paul
- Author
- Gorky, Maxim
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Pursuit Press / Boni & Gaer
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1946
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- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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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