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Fielding and the Nature of the Novel
by Alter, Robert
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good
- Seller
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Baldwinsville, New York, United States
Item Price
$55.00$49.50
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About This Item
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1968. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1968. First Edition / First Printing of Robert Alter's Fielding and the Nature of the Novel, with the scarce dustjacket. Octavo, illustrated jacket, gray cloth boards, silver spine imprinting, 210 pp. A Near Fine book with no significant flaws in a Good dustjacket with rubbing and perimeter wear; jacket would be Very Good but for a large-ish stain on the back panel. LT3
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Details
- Bookseller
- Singularity Rare & Fine
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005249
- Title
- Fielding and the Nature of the Novel
- Author
- Alter, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, MA
- Date Published
- 1968
- Pages
- 210
- Keywords
- text english writing General, Authorship, Composition & Creative Writing
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Singularity Rare & Fine
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Baldwinsville, New York
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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