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The Kid
by Aiken, Conrad
- Used
- first
- Condition
- very good: stated first edition, offset on paste downs from DJ flaps, corners sharp, binding tight, text clean./poor: fragile DJ, tear on top rear, sticker residue, chipping, significant damage/missing strips of spine, will be shipped in My
- Seller
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1947. first edition. hardcover. very good: stated first edition, offset on paste downs from DJ flaps, corners sharp, binding tight, text clean./poor: fragile DJ, tear on top rear, sticker residue, chipping, significant damage/missing strips of spine, will be shipped in Mylar cover. NOT price clipped ($2.00). Octavo, 32 pp. Aiken's poem about William Blackstone, an individualistic early New England settler Aiken used to represent the American spirit. #00096.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 191
- Title
- The Kid
- Author
- Aiken, Conrad
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - very good: stated first edition, offset on paste downs from DJ flaps, corners sharp, binding tight, text clean.
- Jacket Condition
- poor: fragile DJ, tear on top rear, sticker residue, chipping, significant damage/missing strips of spine, will be shipped in My
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Publisher
- Duell, Sloan and Pearce
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- poetry, literature, Americana
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Matthew's Books LLC
Biblio member since 2023
Chattanooga, Tennessee
About Matthew's Books LLC
small online used bookstore based in Chattanooga, TN. Little bit of everything, but lots of modern first editions.
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- Spine
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- Offset
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- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- 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...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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"...
- First Edition
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- Octavo
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