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The Saddest Summer of Samuel S
by Donleavy, J.P
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Plus
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Seymour Lawrence/Delacorte Press, 1966. This short novel by the Irish-American Donleavy is, rather typically, hillarious. This is a Near Fine copy of a Later Printing of the First Edition. Red/orange paper-covered boards with a red cloth spine; gilt titling on the spine. Clean text; 124 pages. Very bright and fresh. Slight bit of sun at the top. The dustjacket is unclipped; shows minor edgewear, with a bit of wrinkling; tiny closed tear on the rear panel. In an archival plastic protector. . Later Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004410
- Title
- The Saddest Summer of Samuel S
- Author
- Donleavy, J.P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- Seymour Lawrence/Delacorte Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature (Irish Authors);
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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