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The Town
by Richter, Conrad
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Item Price
NZ$425.55NZ$361.72
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About This Item
Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Fair. Sm 8vo. sm 8vo. Knopf 1950, first edition stated. Inscribed by auth on ffep. Newspaper clipping of Richter's Pulitzer Prize announcement is affixed below inscription, while prev owner's small ex-libris affixed above inscription. Red cloth with blue and black decoration in pictorial dj. Good (foot of spine bumped; edges and some corners rubbed; significant dustsoiling to top of text block; toning to rest of text block; foxed as usual) in fair dj (heavily chipped on most edges and especially at head of spine; edges worn, torn, and creased; significant crease to foot of rear cover; significant toning inside; some offsetting inside). The third installment in Richter's Awakening Land Trilogy for which Richter won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction in 1951. Signature of Richter in strong blue ink, stating "Inscribed to Mrs. William E. Hall with good wishes". Inscription is to same owner as stated in Ex Libris, and address of Ex Libris matches that of newspaper clipping below, which makes note of Richter's fondness for Albuquerque. 433pp.
Synopsis
The Town is a novel written by Conrad Richter in 1950. It is the third installment of his Awakening Land trilogy, and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1951.
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- Bookseller
- Page 1 Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40359
- Title
- The Town
- Author
- Richter, Conrad
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Date Published
- 1950
- Pages
- 433
- Size
- Sm 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Inscribed
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- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Cloth
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