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WINTER GAMES
by Lacombe, John
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1434364763
- ISBN 13
- 9781434364760
- Seller
-
Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2008. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED "Enjoy the Book" by the Author on the free front endpaper, 8vo, Navy blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine; archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with image of snowy pines on a mountain side, 326 pages + [2] About Author & Colophon. SUPERIOR CONDITION! Tight, clean, & bright. Cloth is Not Soiled; Corners Not Bumped. Fore Edges are Clean. Dust Jacket Is Not Price Clipped but has slight edgewear. No remainder marks! Printing not indicated: presumed first.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7678
- Title
- WINTER GAMES
- Author
- Lacombe, John
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1434364763
- ISBN 13
- 9781434364760
- Publisher
- AuthorHouse
- Place of Publication
- Bloomington, IN
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- literary collections
Terms of Sale
Borg Antiquarian
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
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Remainder
- Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder...
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