THE SWORD OF CONAN THE HYBOREAN AGE
by Howard, Robert E
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Gnome Press, Inc., 1952. First edition, first printing. Octavo. Red cloth, printed in black. Map endpapers, printed in green by David Kyle. 251,[1] pp. Tiny bookseller's label affixed to front pastedown, small rub on lower edge of front free endpaper, spine sunned from lack of dust jacket, else very good. Scarce.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Wind Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 540
- Title
- THE SWORD OF CONAN THE HYBOREAN AGE
- Author
- Howard, Robert E
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first printing
- Publisher
- Gnome Press, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
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About the Seller
Second Wind Books LLC
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New Haven, Connecticut
About Second Wind Books LLC
Second Wind Books is committed to offering important British and American first editions in the Modernist vein, with an emphasis on books about books, books by and about women and adjacent admirers. Literature, poetry, small and fine press, letters and manuscripts, original artwork, photographs, are what interests us most. Our founder began bookselling under the tutelage of a truly great bookman in 2006, and is now offering that learned expertise in her own shop. Interested in offers of literature from 1900 to 1950, either for sale or to evaluate.
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- 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...
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...