Close-Up (Uncommon First Canadian Edition)
by Deighton, Len
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Very Good
- Seller
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Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Clarke, Irwin and Company/Jonathan Cape, 1972. First Canadian Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Very Good. Black paper over boards, title stamped in silver onto spine, top edge stained red, headband, 8vo (8-1/2 inches tall), pp. 381, colored endpapers. Volume with tail of spine slightly softened, letter "R" in ink at top of half-title and a light bump to upper corner of text block edge. Price-intact DJ with rubbing and a thin line of discoloration/rubbing along top and bottom edges, a small bleed from top edge stain at top of back flap and a razor thin 1-1/2 inch long line of lamination overlap at spine panel. Deighton's look at Hollywood and the film world - here in the uncommon first Canadian edition - published by Clarke, Irwin in association with Jonathan Cape. Jacket by Raymond Hawkey. Deighton said "...[Close-Up] was a safety valve; something I did instead of murdering certain movie people." This Canadian edition is not listed in the Milward-Oliver bibliography.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harropian Books, IOBA (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1672
- Title
- Close-Up (Uncommon First Canadian Edition)
- Author
- Deighton, Len
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Canadian Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Clarke, Irwin and Company/Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1972
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions;
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About the Seller
Harropian Books, IOBA
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Nelson, British Columbia
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Harropian Books is an online bookseller offering a diverse selection of antiquarian, collectible, rare and out of print items. Our focus is on the interesting & unusual, covering all fields. ***** We are a member of the IOBA (Independent Online Booksellers Association) and have attended the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (2011), Rare Book School in Virginia (2014 - Developing Collections ; 2016 - The History of Printed Book Illustration in the West), London Rare Book School (2021 - The History of Maps and Mapping) and Gwain Weaver Art Conservation (2019 - Care and Identification of Photographs).
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- 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....
- Headband
- A strip of colored material attached to the text block at the top of the spine of a hard cover book. The same treatment applied...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....