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FLIGHT INTO DARKNESS
by Gustafson, Ralph
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good-
- Seller
-
Creston, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Pantheon Books. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good-. 96 pages. Gold lettering on the spine. Black leather spine with gold linen cover. Minor wear to the edges of the cover and the top and tail of the spine. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, has some chipping along the edges and a couple of closed tears (less than an inch). This is number 78 of this edition of one hundred copies which have been handbound and signed by the author. This book has also been inscribed by the author in 1963 on the front free endpaper.
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- Bookseller
- Beacon Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006432
- Title
- FLIGHT INTO DARKNESS
- Author
- Gustafson, Ralph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
Terms of Sale
Beacon Books
Full refund up to 14 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Beacon Books
Biblio member since 2009
Creston, British Columbia
About Beacon Books
The storefront offers secondhand books of all kinds with ample sections of literature, art, history, mystery, popular fiction, science fiction and children's books. The online store features first and signed editions, rare and antiquarian books, academic titles and a large collection of nautical and military history.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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....
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
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