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Orestes, or The Art of Smiling
by Gnoli, Domenico
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
-
East Granby, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. First edition, stated first printing, 1961. Well illustrated throughout, mainly in color. Tan hardcover with off white cloth spine, illustrated dustjacket. The book has minor edgewear good hinges, firm text block, light foxing to endpapers and first and last couple of pages, top edge of front free endpaper clipped (apparent removal of an old signature), pages clean, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped [6.95] and has some shelfwear including rubbing along the joins and some minor chipping, little paper loss.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Folio - 12" - 15" Tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 047227
- Title
- Orestes, or The Art of Smiling
- Author
- Gnoli, Domenico
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1961
- Size
- Folio - 12" - 15" Tal
- Keywords
- HUMOR FANTASY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Literary History;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
We pack well and ship promptly. Returns: Books may be returned for refund of purchase price within seven days provided prior notification is given and the books are returned in the same condition as when shipped.
About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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