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The Unexpurgated CODE: A Complete Manual of Survival and Manners
by DONLEAVY, J. P
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 044007794X
- ISBN 13
- 9780440077947
- Seller
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ELLSWORTH, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Publisher's original gilt-lettered light green cloth over darker green boards with facsimile author signature gilt on upper panel, octavo, pp. xviii, 283. Illustrated with drawings by the author. Some creasing at lower page tips up to about page 4, else Very Good. Dust jacket just a bit of shelf wear at spine ends and flap fold tips. Jacket also shows old price sticker shadow and shelf rub discoloration more readily than if publisher had chosen a darker color than white. Jacket now in removable protective Brodart.
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- Bookseller
- T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3595
- Title
- The Unexpurgated CODE: A Complete Manual of Survival and Manners
- Author
- DONLEAVY, J. P
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 044007794X
- ISBN 13
- 9780440077947
- Publisher
- [New York]: Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence, [1975].
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1975
- Bookseller catalogs
- Bibliography/Reference; Ireland;
Terms of Sale
T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
14 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 14 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed.
About the Seller
T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Biblio member since 2013
ELLSWORTH, Maine
About T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Thomas Brennan was established professionally as a Bookseller in 1998 and still exhibits annually at several antiquarian book fairs. He has 25 years full-time experience in the Book Trade and is a member in good standing of The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB); The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA); The Ephemera Society of America; and The Manuscript Society.
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- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Shelf Wear
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
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