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SUMMER SKETCHES
by Simmons, Dan
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0935716629
- ISBN 13
- 9780935716627
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Northridge, California: Lord John Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. This is number 165 of 500 copies signed by Dan Simmons. "This book - Summer Sketches - is a small celebration of places that have meant something to me, places that have found their way into my novels or - time and the fates willing - shall someday do so." Frontispiece, with numerous textual illustrations. Octavo. Original printed black paper-covered boards over a red cloth spine, with gilt stamping. Issued without a dust jacket. A fine copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 72003
- Title
- SUMMER SKETCHES
- Author
- Simmons, Dan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0935716629
- ISBN 13
- 9780935716627
- Publisher
- Lord John Press
- Place of Publication
- Northridge, California
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- Science Fiction, Fantasy, Travel
Terms of Sale
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Established in 1981, johnson rare books & archives is located in the heart of downtown Covina, about 20 miles east of Los Angeles. Our shop is currently open by appointment Thursday - Saturday from 11am - 6pm (please call ahead) and houses an inventory of some 30,000 titles, ranging from the general second-hand to the truly antiquarian. For more information, visit our website at www.johnsonrarebooks.com or call 1-626-967-1888.
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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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