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Buddenbrooks (Modern Library No. 57)
by MANN, THOMAS; H.T. LOWE-PORTER (Translator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good in good jacket. Spine moderately sunned. Jacket lightly soiled, moderately worn and chipped. Binding sound, text clean
- Seller
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Asheville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Modern Library, 1935. First Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. Very good in good jacket. Spine moderately sunned. Jacket lightly soiled, moderately worn and chipped. Binding sound, text clean.. 16mo. 4.5 x 6.75 in. 359 pp. + adverts. Toledano Binding Style No. 7 in dark green balloon cloth, Kent's flying torchbearer device in gilt to upper cover, gilt title and gilt ML device to spine; orange Kent endpapers. Presented in publisher's banded typographic dust jacket, with 239 titles advertised on verso. Stated First Modern Library Edition. Translated from the German by H.T. LOWE-PORTER. Mann's first novel. Uncommon in jacket. Andes 57.3.1G. Toledano 57.3.
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- Bookseller
- Irving Book Company
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1360
- Title
- Buddenbrooks (Modern Library No. 57)
- Author
- MANN, THOMAS; H.T. LOWE-PORTER (Translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in good jacket. Spine moderately sunned. Jacket lightly soiled, moderately worn and chipped. Binding sound, text clean
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Modern Library Edition
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1935
Terms of Sale
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Irving Book Company
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Asheville, North Carolina
About Irving Book Company
Classical, Catholic, Southern, Photographic, Poetic, Scholarly, and early Modern Library Editions, &c.
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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