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The Box Man
by Kobo Abé
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/Very good, lightest chipping and wear along perimeter aspects
- ISBN 10
- 0394491068
- ISBN 13
- 9780394491066
- Seller
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Ridgewood, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York City, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. First American Edition. Hardcover octavo, quarter bound cream cloth spine with gilt lettering and blue decoration, embossed blue emblem on pale green paper boards in an illustrated dust jacket, 178 pp. Near fine/Very good, lightest chipping and wear along perimeter aspects. Original jacket mezzotint by K.B. Hwang.
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- Bookseller
- Better Read Than Dead
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 401
- Title
- The Box Man
- Author
- Kobo Abé
- Illustrator
- Original jacket mezzotint by K.B. Hwang
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover octavo, quarter bound cream cloth spine with gilt lettering and blue decoration, embossed blue emblem on pale green pa
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very good, lightest chipping and wear along perimeter aspects
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394491068
- ISBN 13
- 9780394491066
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York City, NY
- Date Published
- 1974
Terms of Sale
Better Read Than Dead
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Better Read Than Dead
Biblio member since 2023
Ridgewood, New York
About Better Read Than Dead
Better Read Than Dead has been selling used books and other printed materials in Brooklyn, NY since 2012. We currently operate two open storefronts and an ever-growing online inventory.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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