The Seal in the Bedroom and Other Predicaments
by James Thurber; Dorothy Parker [intro]
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1932. Very Good/Good. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1932. First Edition, stated. Quarto. Unpaginated. Black and white illustrations throughout. Illustrated dust jacket; illustrated boards. Wrap-around seal in two pieces and affixed to rear free endpaper.
Dust jacket heavily chipped with several tears and general rubbing and scuffing. Creasing to front flap and tape repairs to verso. Boards edgeworn with brief exposure and spotting to rear. Binding is sound. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Light spotting to pages but otherwise unmarked. Scarce in dust jacket.
Dust jacket heavily chipped with several tears and general rubbing and scuffing. Creasing to front flap and tape repairs to verso. Boards edgeworn with brief exposure and spotting to rear. Binding is sound. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Light spotting to pages but otherwise unmarked. Scarce in dust jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12317
- Title
- The Seal in the Bedroom and Other Predicaments
- Author
- James Thurber; Dorothy Parker [intro]
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1932
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- First Edition
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