Pens and Needles: Literary Caricatures By David Levine
by Levine, David; Updike, John (Intro.)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Corvallis, Oregon, United States
Item Price
NZ$102.58NZ$82.06
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About This Item
Boston: Gambit, Incorporated, 1969. 150 pp. 25.5 x 18.5 cm. Grey and black cloth-covered boards with gilt titling to spine in unclipped dustjacket; signed by John Updike on title page. Several small closed tears to head of jacket on front, back, and inside panels, the longest two are 1 cm in length. Very light chipping to head and tail of spine of jacket; light rubbing to spine. Very light bumping to head and tail of spine of book. Aside from Updike's signature, interior is otherwise clean and unmarked. Binding nice and firm.. Signed By Editor. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Munster & Company, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 625257
- Title
- Pens and Needles: Literary Caricatures By David Levine
- Author
- Levine, David; Updike, John (Intro.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Publisher
- Gambit, Incorporated
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1969
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Munster & Company, LLC
Biblio member since 2018
Corvallis, Oregon
About Munster & Company, LLC
Munster & Company is a family owned business with over twenty years of experience in buying and selling books. In October of 2017, we purchased Black Oak Books, originally in Berkeley, California, and moved it all to where we live in Corvallis, Oregon. Our inventory currently features a robust number of titles on mathematics, books about books, literature, poetry, and signed books. New arrivals are listed nearly every day.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...