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THE DUNWICH HORROR AND OTHERS: The Best Supernatural Stories of H. P. Lovecraft
by Lovecraft, H. P
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Arkham House, 1963. First Edition, Second State DJ. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE. xx, 10-431 pp. 12mo, navy finished cloth, gilt spine lettering. A few spot shows some light rubbing and a few miniscule tears to edges; Second state DJ price of $6.50 intact, small spot of perforation to rear flap, clean and bright otherwise.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arches Bookhouse
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7516
- Title
- THE DUNWICH HORROR AND OTHERS
- Author
- Lovecraft, H. P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - NEAR FINE
- Jacket Condition
- NEAR FINE
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Second State DJ
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Arkham House
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
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Terms of Sale
Arches Bookhouse
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
Arches Bookhouse
Biblio member since 2022
Portland, Oregon
About Arches Bookhouse
Brick & mortar humanities bookshop in Portland, OR. Philosophy, history, theology, literature, art.
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Second State
- used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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....
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