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The Wind Leans West
by Derleth, August
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Las Vegas , Nevada, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Candlelight Press, 1969 First printing of the first edition. Black cloth boards with gilt design and green lettered front panel and spine, 323pp. Signed by August Derleth directly on the front-free endpaper: "Sincerely, / August Derleth." Book with light rubbing to covers and a sticker ghost to upper left front pastedown, else in fine condition; dust jacket with faint toning to spine and light creasing/wear to extremities, else fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Idler Fine Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002895
- Title
- The Wind Leans West
- Author
- Derleth, August
- Illustrator
- Ronald Clyne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Candlelight Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1969
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- FICTION, LITERATURE, PROSE, WISCONSIN
Terms of Sale
Idler Fine Books
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About the Seller
Idler Fine Books
Biblio member since 2003
Las Vegas , Nevada
About Idler Fine Books
We specialize in First Editions in Fiction, Poetry, Science Fiction, Horror, Mystery, many signed first editions and limited editions.
Glossary
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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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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