Criers and Kibitzers, Kibitzers and Criers
by Stanley Elkin
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Random House, 1965. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Random House, 1965. Stated First Printing. Octavo. 272 pages. Illustrated dust jacket with original $4.95 price present. Orange, pink, and beige boards stamped in red and gilt. Yellow topstain.
Dust jacket is worn with some light chipping along edges. Toning to spine and general rubbing. Several tape repairs to jacket verso though not visible from exterior. Boards show light shelfwear with a touch of foxing to spine and edges of textblock. Binding sound and interior clean and unmarked.
Dust jacket is worn with some light chipping along edges. Toning to spine and general rubbing. Several tape repairs to jacket verso though not visible from exterior. Boards show light shelfwear with a touch of foxing to spine and edges of textblock. Binding sound and interior clean and unmarked.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8495
- Title
- Criers and Kibitzers, Kibitzers and Criers
- Author
- Stanley Elkin
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1965
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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....
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.