London: Hutchinson & Co.. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1964. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Brown cloth, gilt spine lettering, top dye stained red. First published 1964, with no additional dates. Dust jacket with color illustration to front and spine and white lettering, portrait of author to rear panel. ; 5-1/2" x 8-1/2"; 751 pp; Covers with mild wear, color a bit lighter to spine and edges, top stain faded, no inscriptions, pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket with some fading, worn along edge with tiny closed tears and losses, not price clipped (42s net), in clear protective cover. .

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Bookseller: Andrew Langer, Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 5168
Title: The Act of Creation
Author: Koestler, Arthur
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: Hutchinson & Co.
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1964
Bookseller catalogs: Psychology;

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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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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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....