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THE LIGHT FROM THE SECOND STORY WINDOW
by David L Allen
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good -/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0682474363
- ISBN 13
- 9780682474368
- Seller
-
Chamblee, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
US: Exposition Press, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good -/Very Good. First Edition, 1972. Beautiful gray paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped particulars to spine and front cover. Previous owner's library stamp to title page and half-title page; otherwise, pages are clean and unmarked. Text block is lightly soiled; endpages are moderately soiled. Boards are clean and bright with light wear to extremities; ends of spine are lightly bumped. Binding is tight and square. Dust jacket is clean with light rubbing and creasing to edges, corners and ends of spine; light sunning to spine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Atlanta Vintage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64085
- Title
- THE LIGHT FROM THE SECOND STORY WINDOW
- Author
- David L Allen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0682474363
- ISBN 13
- 9780682474368
- Publisher
- Exposition Press
- Place of Publication
- US
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- LGBTQ+
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Atlanta Vintage Books
Biblio member since 2007
Chamblee, Georgia
About Atlanta Vintage Books
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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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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