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Nightspawn
by John Banville
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine in Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: W. W. Norton & Company Inc., 1971. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Good+ dust jacket. 21.5 x 15 cm. Octavo. Grey and red boards in dust jacket. This is the first American edition with full numberline. It was originally published the same year in London by Secker & Warburg. Foxing to the edges of the jacket and two small holes to the front dust jacket. One corner is clipped, though the original price of $5.95 is still present. Light mark to the spine of the cloth. Banville's first published novel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Midway Used and Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55257
- Title
- Nightspawn
- Author
- John Banville
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Good+ dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1971
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature/Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Midway Used and Rare Books
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About the Seller
Midway Used and Rare Books
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St. Paul, Minnesota
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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