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Backus Strikes Back
by Backus, Jim & Henny Backus
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 081282962X
- ISBN 13
- 9780812829624
- Seller
-
Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
NY: Stein & Day Pub. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover first edition (first published 1984) inscribed to ffep by Henny Backus and George Burns, who wrote the forward. The DJ in mylar with flap price intact has slight wear to spine ends. A square and tight copy. ; 9.40 X 6.30 X 0.90 inches; Signed by Author .
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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 35590
- Title
- Backus Strikes Back
- Author
- Backus, Jim & Henny Backus
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 081282962X
- ISBN 13
- 9780812829624
- Publisher
- Stein & Day Pub
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1984
Terms of Sale
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- PUB
- Common abbreviation for 'published'
- 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...
- 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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