Parties
by VAN VECHTEN, CARL
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /Good
- Seller
-
Garrison, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Alfred A. Knopf. Limited Edition. 260 pages. First edition, #41 of 250 numbered copies signed by Van Vechten on a special page at the beginning of the book. Fine yellow flexible vellum covers with silver lettering and design to spine, and design to front cover. Fine plain paper dust jacket with chipping along edge and a tear to the top of the spine. Black cardboard slipcase. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing.
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Details
- Bookseller
- J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010883
- Title
- Parties
- Author
- VAN VECHTEN, CARL
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
Terms of Sale
J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints
Payment can be made by credit card, checks made out to J Mercurio Books, or PayPal. Shipment usually occurs within two business days, unless customer requests that we hold or ship on a different day. If a book or set is oversized, we may contact the customer for additional shipping to ensure proper transport.
About the Seller
J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints
Biblio member since 2019
Garrison, New York
About J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints
We are a 50 year old, third generation antiquarian bookshop nestled in the bucolic Hudson Highlands of New York's historic Hudson Valley, less than a mile from a transverse of the Appalachian Trail. While we have strong first edition literature and poetry collections, we specialize in New York, history, and Americana. We are a proud member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA).
Glossary
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- 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....
- 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...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- 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...