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Rickey
by Charles Calitri
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Clarence, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Rickey" by Charles Calitri. 1952, published by Charles Scribner's Sons in New York. Signed by the author with its original dust jacket. 5.75'' x 8.5'', 216 pages. The dust jacket is in good condition. Toned, with the cover illustration clear and clean. A little scratched and creased with some small amount of tearing and paper loss, mainly on the spine. The original price of $2.75 is present on the front flap. Small stains on the back flap and on the author's biography on the back cover. The book is in very good plus condition. The boards are a little sunned and faded, more so on the back board and the spine than the front. The silver lettering on the spine and front board is well-preserved. Very little shelf wear to the spine, with no bumping and only slight scuffing on the corners.A previous owner's signature is at the top of the front endpaper. The author's signature is below that in black ink, with what appears to read "N.Y.U. 1955" below. Two miniscule foxing stains on the fore-edge. The text block is toned but bright, clean, and complete. The binding is sound. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store.We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(I5-8).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ernestoic Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002980
- Title
- Rickey
- Author
- Charles Calitri
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ernestoic Books
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Clarence, New York
About Ernestoic Books
Ernestoic Books, where you can find the most sought after Modern First Editions. As our name suggests, Ernest Hemingway is our specialty and our passion. We guarantee the condition of every book we sell. Returns may be made within 14 days of receipt for any reason. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books.
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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