Act One
by Hart, Moss
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/Poor
- Seller
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Charlotte Hall, Maryland, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York, N.Y., USA: Random House, 1959. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition, later printing, no marks, or bookplates. Former owner's name on ffep and light pencil underlining up to page 25. No remainder marks. Spine is tight and crisp. Boards are flat and true and the corners are square. Dust jacket isprice-clipped and in poor condition. This still collectible, " FAIR" condition first edition copy is protected with a polyester archival dust jacket cover. This is a good "reading copy
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Details
- Bookseller
- rarefirstscom
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004653
- Title
- Act One
- Author
- Hart, Moss
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York, N.Y., USA
- Date Published
- 1959
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
rarefirstscom
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Charlotte Hall, Maryland
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RAREFIRSTS.COM specializes in affordable quality first editions/first printings of both classic and contemporary literature. Our pricing is very competitive and our quality will exceed your expectations. We help build great literature collections for both individuals and institutions. Our stock of both classic and contemporary literature is too large to list all titles...so query us if you don't see what you need or want. If its not in inventory, we generally can obtain a quality copy very quickly for you...and at a reasonable price. Our founder is a former journalist and newspaper publisher who, in his second career, retired after 31 years at the Library of Congress where he was an administrator of a national library service for individuals who are blind or physically handicapped. RAREFIRSTS.COM offers quality literature with professional integrity at very reasonable prices.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Remainder
- Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder...
- 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....
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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