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Vampire
by Ewers, Hanns Heinz; Sallagar, Fritz (Translator)
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very good/Good
- Seller
-
Helena, Montana, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
The John Day Company, 1934. First edition in English. Orange cloth. Very good/Good. First English edition, very good hardcover shows rubbing to cover edges, light bumping to corners, bit of fray to spine head and top corners, light bit of soil to page edges and endpapers, and wrinkle and couple of closed tears at pages 215-216, in good dust jacket (price at flap) that shows soil, heavy rubbing, small open chip at front panel, and edgewear with open chipping and closed tears with heavy tape mending at jacket reverse. 363 pages. Solid copy that retains its attractive jacket though in a much loved state of this third in the Frank Braun trilogy that follows The Sorcerer's Apprentice and Alraune, which contains that "mysticism for which Mr. Ewers is famous.." and also contains "..those other qualities which have caused so many critics to compare his work to that of Baudelaire and Poe.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Barker Books & Vintage
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32981
- Title
- Vampire
- Author
- Ewers, Hanns Heinz; Sallagar, Fritz (Translator)
- Format/Binding
- Orange cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition in English
- Publisher
- The John Day Company
- Date Published
- 1934
- Keywords
- Antiques, Collectibles, Billings, Bozeman, Butte, Great Falls, Helena, Missoula, Montana, Used Books, Rare Books
Terms of Sale
Barker Books & Vintage
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Barker Books & Vintage
Biblio member since 2021
Helena, Montana
About Barker Books & Vintage
Welcome to Barker Books & Vintage. We are a brick and mortar retailer of carefully selected books and other paper related product, located in Helena, Montana. We use our office mainly to buy books but are willing to allow perusal of inventory upon request. Our special emphasis on quality books includes a broad range of titles with particular interest given to those being uncommon or collectible. We have been in business close to twenty five years including our new home in Montana. Please call with any questions.
Glossary
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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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
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