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Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited
by Nabokov, Vladimir
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/Good
- Seller
-
Albany, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1966. First US Edition Thus/First Printing. Hardcover. Fair/Good. Scarce First Revised Edition. An ex-library copy with tape shadows to tops and bottoms of boards and free endpapers. Stamps to top page ends, ffep, title and copyright pages, and rear pastedown. In black cloth with gilt to spine. Large paper scar to rfep and lesser to rear pastedown. Some foxing to page ends. Clean interior with tight binding. Jacket is unclipped ($6.75) with edgewear, creasing and staining from previous jacket protector. Call number sticker to bottom of spine.
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- Seller
- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- LPB008414VN
- Title
- Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited
- Author
- Nabokov, Vladimir
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First US Edition Thus/First Printing
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Bookseller catalogs
- American Literature; Russian Literature;
Terms of Sale
Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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About the Seller
Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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Albany, California
About Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- RFEP
- The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book from the rear. It may be...
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