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Moustapha's Eclipse
by McKnight, Reginald
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0822935899
- ISBN 13
- 9780822935896
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1988. First Edition, First State. Hardcover in green cloth with gilt titling. Very Good/Very Good. Winner of the Dreu Heinz Literature Prize. Very clean copy protected in a mylar cover. Straight and tight. Dust jacket sun-faded at the spine. Light foxing beginning on top edge. Red endpapers. First state of this work.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Librariana Fine Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 332
- Title
- Moustapha's Eclipse
- Author
- McKnight, Reginald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover in green cloth with gilt titling
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First State
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0822935899
- ISBN 13
- 9780822935896
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Place of Publication
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Date Published
- 1988
- Bookseller catalogs
- FINE BOOKS;
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- All items have Mylar protection on the dust jacket or are presented in sleeves whenever possible.
About the Seller
Librariana Fine Books
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Portland, Oregon
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Our mission is to help individuals, families and organizations furnish their bookspaces in a way that reflects their personality and values.
Beginning with fine books, and extending to other "librariana" - art, antiques and collectibles that make a space a library. We also repair books, and consult with home owners, organizations and bookstore owners looking to make their bookspaces into purposeful sanctuaries.
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- Jacket
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- 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...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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