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Spider Boy: A Scenario for a Moving Picture
by Carl Van Vechten
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Collectible; Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Good. The 1928 1st trade edition. Solid and tight and VG (with mild soiling at the spine) in a bright, price-intact, G+ dustjacket, with chipping at the panel edges and most notably, at the spine ends (2" loss at the foot), and light soiling and scuffing to the rear panel. 12mo, 297 pgs. A respectable "starter" copy of a jacketed (Ronald McRae-designed) 1st trade edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6186
- Title
- Spider Boy: A Scenario for a Moving Picture
- Author
- Carl Van Vechten
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible; Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- Rare Carl Van Vechten, Rare 20s Knopfs, Rare 1920s Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
All books are offered subject to prior sale. Materials are returnable within 1 week of receipt provided prior notice is given.
About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
Buy and sell - rare, unusual and antiquarian - art, photography, literature, scholarly, sports, childrens, bindings.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- G+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good. Good is defined as "describes the average used and worn book...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...