The Edge of the Alphabet
by Frame, Janet
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Christchurch, New Zealand: Pegasus Press. Good+ in Good dust jacket. (1962). First Edition. Hardcover. The New Zealand edition is the true first edition for this title. 224 pages. Red boards with gilt lettering on spine. Owner's signature. Head and tail of spine faded. Binding tight. Some spotting to page edges. 3/8" missing at head of dustwrapper spine. 1/4" chips at tail of dustwrapper spine. 3/8" chips at corners of dustwrapper. 1/2" tears in edges of dustwrapper. Some rubbing to edges of dustwrapper. Small stain to verso of dustwrapper. Dustwrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; 8vo .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002576
- Title
- The Edge of the Alphabet
- Author
- Frame, Janet
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Pegasus Press
- Place of Publication
- Christchurch, New Zealand
- Date Published
- (1962)
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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....
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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"...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- 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...
- 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...