Pentimento: a Book of Portraits
by Hellman, Lillian
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth hardcover. Stated first edition. Special edition reserved for friends of the author and signed to the tipped-in page by Hellman. Heel of spine and bottom cloth edge show minor dampstain; minor foxing to block/cloth edges. Else unmarked, tight and square. Includes original acetate cover that is torn to spine head, shelf rubbed, with pinpoint spatter stains. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .
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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34705
- Title
- Pentimento: a Book of Portraits
- Author
- Hellman, Lillian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1973
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Edges
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- Spine
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- Heel
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- Jacket
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.