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Picture This
by Heller, Joseph
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Collectible Good/good
- ISBN 10
- 0399133550
- ISBN 13
- 9780399133558
- Seller
-
Pittsburg, Kansas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible Good/good. Octavo, pp. [12], 13-352. Signed by the author inside the front cover (no inscription). Unstated first edition. Blue boards with green spine and gilt accents. Firm binding; no loose pages. Lightly bumped boards, tanned edges and pages. Dust jacket with sunning, chips and tears; some staining at the bottom edge, visible mainly on the verso side. Dust jacket now encased in a clear, protective cover. This is a large or heavy book and may require additional shipping charges to mail outside of the United States.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Wayside Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10969
- Title
- Picture This
- Author
- Heller, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible Good
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0399133550
- ISBN 13
- 9780399133558
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- Rembrandt; Aristotle
Terms of Sale
Wayside Books
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Most books are mailed in cardboard boxes, with protection for the book and padding to avoid damage en route. Some paperback books shipped within the US may be mailed in bubble envelopes.
About the Seller
Wayside Books
Biblio member since 2021
Pittsburg, Kansas
About Wayside Books
Wayside Books LLC is owned by Dianne and Steven Cox, currently operating their online store in Southeast Kansas. We have honed our rare book skills at the Rare Books School at the University of Virginia and the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar. We sell modern first editions and collectible fiction, as well as children's books and non-fiction books, with an emphasis on history, politics, social sciences, and the arts.
Glossary
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
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