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Witness
by Chambers, Whittaker
- Used
- Very Good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1952. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, first printing. Signed by Whittaker Chambers and inscribed on the half-title page. Bound in publisher's original black cloth boards with spine lettered in gilt and white. Very Good with rubbing to spine lettering and light wear to covers. Hinge exposed at title page and page 806/807. Former owner stamp and short tear to bottom edge of half-title page, owner initials to front free endpaper. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with soiling, light edge wear and toning.
Chambers was an American writer-editor, who, after early years as a Communist Party member (1925) and Soviet spy (1932-1938), defected from the Soviet underground (1938), worked for Time magazine (1939-1948), and then testified about the Ware group in what became the Hiss case for perjury (1949-1950), often referred to as the "trial of the century", all described in this 1952 memoir. President Ronald Reagan posthumously awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1984.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140943737
- Title
- Witness
- Author
- Chambers, Whittaker
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Inscribed
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- 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....
- Title Page
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