The Best of Faulkner: Chosen by the Author (1955)
by Faulkner, William
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
The Reprint Society, London, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 1955. 494 pages. Gray cloth with navy and gilt spine title plate. Cloth shows very minor rubbing to the edges and corners. White mark to bottom edge front cover. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket covered in archival Mylar, fair condition, shows a 3-4" closed tear to back inner wrap hinge and 1/2" closed tear to spine foot. Toning and light rubbing to edges. Page edges show light foxing; interior else clean and unmarked.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book Bin (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BBS-2002098
- Title
- The Best of Faulkner: Chosen by the Author (1955)
- Author
- Faulkner, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Reprint Society, London
- Date Published
- 1955
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Jacket
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- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.