Bless Me, Ultima
by Anaya, Rudolfo A
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Berkeley, CA: Quinto Sol, 1973. 2nd Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo. 248 pp., illus. Spine pronouncedly cocked, without affecting the soundness of the binding; head and heel of spine and corners of boards lightly bumped, page edges tanned, previous owner name on halftitle page. Jacket present but Good only (sunned, rubbed overall, soiled at rear; edges and folds bumped, notably at rear top edge; small open scuff on rear fold; upper edge appears to have been trimmed about 1/8"). Note: After a good airing and careful exposure to sunshine a very slight cigarette odor has been eliminated to the bookseller's satisfaction; it may be perceptible to a more sensitive nose. Second (hardcover) printing, September 1973.
Synopsis
Bless Me, Ultima is a novel by Rudolfo Anaya, published in 1972. It is part of a trilogy along with Heart of Aztlan and Tortuga. It is included in the list of most commonly challenged books in the U.S. It is also important for helping Chicano literature gain academic respect as an important and non-derivative type of American literature.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Crane's Bill Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012226
- Title
- Bless Me, Ultima
- Author
- Anaya, Rudolfo A
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Quinto Sol
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley, CA
- Date Published
- 1973
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Chicano Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Crane's Bill Books
Returnable if not as described.
About the Seller
Crane's Bill Books
Biblio member since 2005
Albuquerque, New Mexico
About Crane's Bill Books
An online source for out-of-print, unusual and hard-to-find books on a wide range of subjects. Owned and operated by Jeffrey Lee, a longtime bookseller in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
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