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The Devil To Pay In The Backlands
by João Guimarães Rosa
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/VG-
- Seller
-
Winston, Georgia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. First US Edition . Hardcover. VG+/VG-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover with dust jacket. The original price of $5.95 is still present on the front flap along with the printing code 4/the three. DJ has good color but there are numerous small tears chips along the edges, mainly the top. There is also a larger chip missing at the top left corner of the spine. Green cloth boards underneath or clean with only the slightest of fading along the top edge. Internal binding is good text pages are tight. No signatures or bookplates, no library markings, no handwriting, no underlining, no remainder marks. Pages are clean except for page 17 which has a small brown spot on the right edge, center. The spot only measures about 1/4 inch in height as well outside of the text area. There is some light toning and foxing present on the end pages and pastedowns. This is due to the jacket paper reacting with the book over decades. Front end page also has a small splash stain on the extreme right side edge. This can also be seen on the exterior page edge and the jacket front flap. Copyright page states first American edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Yesterday's Book Shop (Member IOBA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2230492
- Title
- The Devil To Pay In The Backlands
- Author
- João Guimarães Rosa
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- VG-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First US Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1963
- Pages
- 494
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions; Fiction; Collectible;
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Yesterday's Book Shop (Member IOBA)
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About the Seller
Yesterday's Book Shop (Member IOBA)
Biblio member since 2021
Winston, Georgia
About Yesterday's Book Shop (Member IOBA)
Yesterday's Book Shop is an independent, family-owned establishment. The store first opened in 1966 under the name Collector's Corner and was located in Western Maryland. The Collector's Corner dealt mainly in books but also sold stamps and assorted ephemera. In 1975 the name was changed to Yesterday's Book Shop when the store only offered books and printed matter. In the early 2000s the brick and mortar store was closed and now we only sell online.
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All of the book pictures were taken at the time the book was listed and we never use generic or stock photos in any listing. If you would like additional photos or information on any listing please let us know and we will be more than happy to comply.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- VG+/VG-
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Remainder
- Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
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