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Tears and Laughter
by Gibran, Kahlil
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Hartland, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Philosophical Library. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1947. First Edition ?. Apparent First Edition. 12mo hardcover, with tight spine/binding, clean pages, none torn or marked, buckram cloth cover has the midlest of shelfwear, else VG++ , in dustjacket, mild wear and browning, else VGood, + in clear mylar jacket protector. Early poems by this eastern mystic. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mossback Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29132
- Title
- Tears and Laughter
- Author
- Gibran, Kahlil
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition ?
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Philosophical Library
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- GILBRAN;, EASTERN, POETRY;, MIDEASTERN, POET, LITERATURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy;
Terms of Sale
Mossback Books
books sent by Media mail @$4.25 first book $3 each book thereafter; average size Air mail @$8.25 within midwest-zone(west-coast zone-$10.50) first book. Heavy books quote for air mail. Books can be returned within 7 days of receipt for any reason but with prior notice given to the seller. Foreign sales need to obtain a quote for postage.
About the Seller
Mossback Books
Biblio member since 2004
Hartland, Michigan
About Mossback Books
Sales through the internet and at book shows in the midwest.
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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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