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Cities of the Plain (Remembrance of Things Past, Part Five)
by PROUST, Marcel
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. Uniform edition, later printing. Single volume, part five only. Translated by C.K. Scott Moncrieff. Gilt-stamped red cloth. Owner's name penned and bookstore sticker on front endpapers, gutter cracked, spine sunned, good only lacking the dustwrapper. "Remembrance of Things Past, Part Five."
Synopsis
Cities of the Plain is the final volume of American novelist Cormac McCarthy's "The Border Trilogy. " A film adaptation to be directed by Andrew Dominik has been announced for release in 2012. The title is a reference to Sodom and Gomorrah .
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- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 215767
- Title
- Cities of the Plain (Remembrance of Things Past, Part Five)
- Author
- PROUST, Marcel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Albert & Charles Boni
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- FrenchLiterature
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About the Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Gloucester City, New Jersey
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Uniform Edition
- A collection or series of individual volumes of an author's work bound to match with a uniform size and style. Especially common...
- 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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