Desperate Pleasures
by Darling, Dennis Carlyle
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
San Mateo, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Dorsoduro Press, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 9.25" x 8.25". With an inscription from the author ("Jan, Thanks for your support on this project. I hope you enjoy your investment, Dennis') and a card reading 'This stamp signifies that this copy is on the first 350 copies distributed to the original subscribers of Desperate Pleasures.' Minor shelf wear to the unclipped jacket, with some yellowing to the upper edge. Grey cloth cover has bumps to corners and the edges of the spine. Pages are clean and unmarked.
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Details
- Bookseller
- B Street Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2022-M221
- Title
- Desperate Pleasures
- Author
- Darling, Dennis Carlyle
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Dorsoduro Press
- Date Published
- 1987
Terms of Sale
B Street Books, ABAA
We accept returns of any book within 30 days and refund the price, so long as the book is returned in the same condition it was sent.
About the Seller
B Street Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
San Mateo, California
About B Street Books, ABAA
We buy and sell used, rare, collectible and antiquarian books and are conveniently located in the heart of the San Francisco Bay Area peninsula. We are San Mateo's only used bookstore and have served the area for over 10 years.
Glossary
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...