A Case of Samples: Poems 1946-1956
by Kingsley Amis
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1957. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1957. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 72 pages. Dust jacket prinetd in red and black over black boards stamped in gilt.
Dust jacket is clipped at bottom of front flap, with "$3.50" stamped at top. Jacket is rubbed with light shelfwear and some foxing to both recto and verso. Top edge of boards lightly sunned. Binding is sound. Light foxing to preliminaries.
Dust jacket is clipped at bottom of front flap, with "$3.50" stamped at top. Jacket is rubbed with light shelfwear and some foxing to both recto and verso. Top edge of boards lightly sunned. Binding is sound. Light foxing to preliminaries.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003676
- Title
- A Case of Samples: Poems 1946-1956
- Author
- Kingsley Amis
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...