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FAREWELL, MY LOVELY by CHANDLER, RAYMOND
- Bookseller: JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: COLLECTI007964I
- Format: HARDCOVER
- Edition: FIRST EDITION
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: ALFRED A KNOPF CO
- Place: NEW YORK NY
- Date published: PUB 1940
Description
NEW YORK NY: ALFRED A KNOPF CO. VERY GOOD+. PUB 1940. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. BOOK IS VERY NICE WITH FRONT FREE ENDPAPER AND FOLLOWING PAGE SLIGHLYCLIPPED AND DAMP STAINS TO THE BLUE TOP EDGE THAT HAS BLED TO THE TOP OFTHE TEXT AND MOST EXTENSIVELY TO THE ENDPAPERS. AN EXCELLENT CLEAN,BRIGHT, UNFADED COPY WITH NO REMAINDER MARK.. Keywords: HARD-BOILED, MYSTERY, INVISIBLE, ABCDEF.
front free endpaper : The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book. It may be plain or decorative.
remainder mark : Usually an ink marking of some sort which indicates that the book was designated a remainder. In most cases, it can be found on the edges of the text block in the form of a marker stripe or a stamp of some sort.
Remainder marks considerably lower the overall collectibility of a title, although, in some cases, they are acceptable to a collector.
pub : Common abbreviation for 'published'
endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
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