Serenade
by Cain, James M
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Beverly Hills, California, United States
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About This Item
Cape, 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The first UK edition, the copyright page states "First Published 1938". Very good, edges foxed, in very good dust jacket chipped at tips and spine ends. By the author of The Postman Always Rings Twice. The first UK edition is extremely rare in dust jacket. Story about "violent and passionate characters" (according to the front flap) has an opera background.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookbid Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1307203
- Title
- Serenade
- Author
- Cain, James M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Cape
- Date Published
- 1938
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bookbid Rare Books
Biblio member since 2009
Beverly Hills, California
About Bookbid Rare Books
Bookbid Rare Books is a rare book dealer located in Beverly Hills, California. The family run company has sold modern literary first editions and children's books for over 20 years. Member of ABAA, ILAB.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...