The Dream Life of Balso Snell
by West, Nathanael
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Paris and New York: Contact Editions, 1931. Book. Good. Paperback. Limited First Edition.. 95 pages, 8vo. Very Scarce. First Edition of Nathanael West's First Book. This edition of "The Dream Life of Balso Snell" is limited to 500 numbered copies of which 300 are for sale in America and 200 for Great Britain and the Continent. This is copy no.184. Printed in the U.S. Tan soft wraps with black lettering along spine and front cover, blue and black lined design on front cover. Shelfwear: moderate scuffing along edges and covers, chipping and a few missing pieces at top and bottom spine edges, 2-inch tear at top spine edge of front cover and small tear at bottom spine edge of front cover, front cover remains loosely bound, light water marks along spine edges of front cover, light tanning along page edges. Otherwise, volume is tightly bound with clean and crisp pages. No marks. Volume is in Good condition..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Russian Hill Bookstore (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47167
- Title
- The Dream Life of Balso Snell
- Author
- West, Nathanael
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- Limited First Edition.
- Publisher
- Contact Editions
- Place of Publication
- Paris and New York
- Date Published
- 1931
- Keywords
- NATHANAEL WEST DREAM LIFE BALSO SNELL
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Russian Hill Bookstore
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San Francisco, California
About Russian Hill Bookstore
Russian Hill Bookstore, established in 1974, is one of the last family-owned used and new bookstores in San Francisco. We began as Sunset Bookstore in 1974, a small used bookshop servicing the Sunset District west of 19th Avenue, and have been in continual operation for the past 43 years. Over the years Sunset Bookstore has since closed and merged with Russian Hill Bookstore, which has grown to become also the best note card shop in the city, and a favorite place for toys and games for children of all ages.
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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...
- 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....
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...