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The Dwarf
by Lagerkvist, Par
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Auckland, New Zealand
Item Price
$20.00$14.00
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1953. First UK edition. Written by a Swedish author who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1951. Novel published in 1944 is as Dvärgen. A searching, ironic tale about evil, was the first to bring him positive international attention outside of the Nordic countries. CODITION Red bds, 175 pages. Bds have marks, top cnrs curved, front ep price clipped, foxed to ends and edges. Crisp interior,. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ariel Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15821
- Title
- The Dwarf
- Author
- Lagerkvist, Par
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1953
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
Terms of Sale
Ariel Books
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About the Seller
Ariel Books
Biblio member since 2003
Auckland
About Ariel Books
We are a small friendly book store stocking a unique selection of rare and out of print books. Currently we are searching for a suitable new location but have had an open book shop since 1998.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- BDS
- Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
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