Portrait Of A Young Man Drowning
by Charles Perry
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Collectible; Fine/Jacket present as described
- Seller
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Lexington, South Carolina, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Simon and Schuster, 1962. First Edition . Hardcover. Collectible; Fine/Jacket present as described. Author's first novel. This hardcover book is Fine, being square and tight. The boards and spine have no wear with pristine gilt. The pages and endpages are clean, with no markings or folds. The dustjacket is Very Good, with minor wear to the points and edges. There is a one inch closed tear at the front lower edge. Still remarkably attractive in protective mylar. Original Price is intact. Not ex-lib. No remainder mark.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Next Chapter Books SC, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002954
- Title
- Portrait Of A Young Man Drowning
- Author
- Charles Perry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible; Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Jacket present as described
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
Terms of Sale
Next Chapter Books SC, LLC
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Next Chapter Books SC, LLC
Biblio member since 2024
Lexington, South Carolina
About Next Chapter Books SC, LLC
We specialize in First Editions, Collectible copies, South Carolina, and banned books.
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- Remainder Mark
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- Edges
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- 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
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...