A Corner of the World
by Shaplen, Robert
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. Stated First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good+. Clean rust brown cloth boards with blind-stamped decoration on cover, gold lettering and decoration on spine. Nice sharp corners, hint of light surface wear to base spine edge, no fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 246 pgs. Clean unfaded dustjacket is not price clipped, has a few very shallow chips at top spine edge, a few very short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Collectible quality. 8vo. Fiction..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015062
- Title
- A Corner of the World
- Author
- Shaplen, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- Stated First Edition.
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- FICTION ADVENTURE ORIENT ORIENTAL PHILOSOPHY LITERATURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy; Short Stories/Anthologies;
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Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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About the Seller
Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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Stanley, New York
About Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.