The Fourteenth Chronicle: The Letters and Diaries of John Dos Passos [Limited Edition, Signed]
by DOS PASSOS, John (letters); LUDINGTON, Townsend (editor)
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Gambit Incorporated, 1973. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 300 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the editor, this being copy no.38. Octavo (24cm); beige buckram, with gilt-stamped leather title labels mounted to spine and front cover; maroon topstain; dustjacket; publisher's original slipcase; xx,662,[2]pp; illus. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, price-clipped, with some light wear to extremities; slipcase shows some light bumping and external wear; Very Good+. Extensive collection of Dos Passos's letters and diaries, edited and with a biographical narrative by Townsend Ludington.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52501
- Title
- The Fourteenth Chronicle: The Letters and Diaries of John Dos Passos [Limited Edition, Signed]
- Author
- DOS PASSOS, John (letters); LUDINGTON, Townsend (editor)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Gambit Incorporated
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1973
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Octavo
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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....
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...