SECOND SKIN
by HAWKES, JOHN
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1966. 1st UK edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. 8vo. Black boards with gilt lettering to spine. Two previous ownership signatures to front endpaper and a few numbers in ink to rear pastedown, clean throughout otherwsie. Signed by John Hawkes in blue ink above printed name. From the library of Canadian writer Greg Gatenby. Dust jacket with a few small pieces of tape to inside, not price clipped, overall a very good dust jacket. 1st British edition with American reviews on back panel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1243
- Title
- SECOND SKIN
- Author
- HAWKES, JOHN
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st UK edition
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1966
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
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
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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- 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...
- 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....
- Price Clipped
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...