BIRTHDAY KING (THE);
by Fielding, Gabriel
- Used
- Signed
- Condition
- Good -/Good -
- Seller
-
Los Angeles, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: William Morrow, 1963. Second Printing. 1/4 cloth. Good -/Good -. Yellow and brown patterned paper covered boards, quarter bound in red buckram, black stamped titles at spine, moderate shelf wear to covers, corners, edges and head and tail of spine, corners straight. Book body clean and tight, pages lightly age-toned. Signed and inscribed by the author at half-title page, flat signed a second time at title page. Illustrated dust jacket shows moderate shelf wear and sunning to covers, corners and edges, one large unmarked crease down front cover, black titles at front and sunned spine, price intact, archival Brodart protected.
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- Bookseller
- Counterpoint Records & Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49557
- Title
- BIRTHDAY KING (THE);
- Author
- Fielding, Gabriel
- Format/Binding
- 1/4 cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good -
- Jacket Condition
- Good -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Publisher
- William Morrow
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- Signed, Inscribed
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books;
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About the Seller
Counterpoint Records & Books
Biblio member since 2022
Los Angeles, California
About Counterpoint Records & Books
Started in 1979, Counterpoint Records & Books is a genuine mom and pop-owned store just below the Hollywood Sign, nestled in the thriving Franklin Village area. It is located between the Los Feliz and Hollywood neighborhoods of Los Angeles.
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Situated in the west corner of the rear of the store is our Harmony fine books and ephemera nook. Here we showcase our higher end, rare, signed, first edition, collectible, and antiquarian books and ephemera for serious collectors and curious browsers alike.
If you are looking to consolidate your own collection or liquidate an estate, we will be happy to look through your books, records or other items, and offer you cash or store credit for whatever we purchase. Please contact us via email at orders@counterpointla.com to set up an appointment to sell.
We buy and sell second-hand and rare records, books, CDs, DVDs, ephemera, and various other popular and out of print cultural items. Whether you're looking for inexpensive copies of classic literature, signed first editions, contemporary art books, obscure occult volumes, vintage paperbacks, or any other reading materials, we have something for you. And whether your vinyl tastes lean towards old soul 45s, mono jazz 33s, 20th century classical recordings or punk 7" singles; you're sure to find something of interest.
Situated in the west corner of the rear of the store is our Harmony fine books and ephemera nook. Here we showcase our higher end, rare, signed, first edition, collectible, and antiquarian books and ephemera for serious collectors and curious browsers alike.
If you are looking to consolidate your own collection or liquidate an estate, we will be happy to look through your books, records or other items, and offer you cash or store credit for whatever we purchase. Please contact us via email at orders@counterpointla.com to set up an appointment to sell.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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