UP ABOVE THE WORLD: A NOVEL - UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, SIGNED
by Bowles, Paul
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1966. First Edition. Quarto (29.5cm); publisher's long galley sheets (rectos), trimmed, hole-punched, and string-tied at left margin into unprinted blue paper covers, with holograph title and publication information in blue grease pencil to front cover. Some wear, toning, and creasing to wrappers, along with a few preliminary and terminal leaves; Very Good+. Bowles's fourth novel, centered around an American couple who goes on a tour of Central America and end up being trapped by a criminal with sinister motives. An uncommon format (particularly signed), likely produced in small numbers. Miller A14a.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6230
- Title
- UP ABOVE THE WORLD: A NOVEL - UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, SIGNED
- Author
- Bowles, Paul
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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Stephenson, Virginia
About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Founded in 2010, Captain Ahab's Rare Books specializes in first editions of literature, genre fiction, film-related books and ephemera, zines, manuscript and archival material.
Glossary
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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...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.