THE STRANGERS' BANQUET
by Byrne, Donn
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No jacket
- Seller
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Yarmouthport, Massachusetts, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York:Harper & Brothers, Publishers, (1919). First Edition. hard cover. Good/No jacket. Inscribed by author. New York:Harper & Brothers Publishers. (1919). 1st edition. 352pp. Hardcover. Signed and Inscribed by the Auther to Richardson Wright, fellow Auther and editor of Home and Gardens, on the 1st free end-page with his bookplate to inside fornt board. Black boards lightly soiled, shelfworn and sun-faded with wear along edges and spine ends. Gilt on front cover dulled and gone from spine strip. Internally, aside from inscription, end-pages slighlty age toned, with light foxing to first and last few pages. The binding is tight but slighlty cocked, with hinges intact.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Parnassus Book Service (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26279
- Title
- THE STRANGERS' BANQUET
- Author
- Byrne, Donn
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York:Harper & Brothers, Publishers
- Date Published
- (1919)
- Keywords
- LITERATURE; FICTION; DONN BYRNE; RICHARDSON WRIGHT
Terms of Sale
Parnassus Book Service
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About the Seller
Parnassus Book Service
Biblio member since 2016
Yarmouthport, Massachusetts
About Parnassus Book Service
Ben Muse began selling books from the former Knowles General Store in 1959. Now in our third generation, we are a famiy-run, general book store selling new and old (often rare) books as well as issuing specialty catalogs on a variety of subjects: Americana, Latin America, Maritime, Art, the Orient and a variety of other subjects. If you can't find what you are looking for here on the web, please contact us directly at our Yarmouthport shop -- or better yet stop by to browse and talk. We look forward to seeing you.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Spine Strip
- The material covering the spine, or the rear portion of the outside of a book.