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THE ROVING CRITIC (1st ed)
by Van Doren, Carl 04cs
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- VG book, no DJ. Near flawless but rubbed extrems & faded spine.
- Seller
-
Lyndonville, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: Knopf. VG book, no DJ. Near flawless but rubbed extrems & faded spine.. 8vo. 1st edition.. Hardcover. VG book, no DJ. Crisply & clearly SIGNED "Carl Van Doren" on first blank ep. Gilt lettered black cloth. 8vo, 262pp. . A really nice book. Very tight, stays closed when stood on its spine. Red stained top edge and all three edges are as clean & spotless as new. Black cloth cover with few 1/8" scraped spots. A newspaper photo of Van Doren has lightly browned inside cover. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quiet Friends
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001924
- Title
- THE ROVING CRITIC (1st ed)
- Author
- Van Doren, Carl 04cs
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG book, no DJ. Near flawless but rubbed extrems & faded spine.
- Edition
- 1st edition.
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 8vo
- Keywords
- VG book, no DJ. Crisply & clearly SIGNED "Carl Van Doren" on first, blank ep. Gilt lettered black cloth. 8vo, 262pp., signed, autograph
- Bookseller catalogs
- lit;
Terms of Sale
Quiet Friends
Visa, M/C, MO, Check. Shipping is free for a "regular" weight book. But for heavier books, and multi volume sets, we ask for any additional postage. Basically we pay the first $3.
About the Seller
Quiet Friends
Biblio member since 2008
Lyndonville, New York
About Quiet Friends
We sell about 75% internet, 25% book fairs. We have been in business since the early 90's. We pack extremely well. We describe very conservatively and have only a few returns in the 5000 orders we have mailed.
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- Edges
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- New
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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