Hoping for a Hoopoe
by Updike, John
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
-
Auckland, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Victor Gollancz, 1959. Black cloth bds with gilt title (unworn with sharp cnrs) 82 pages, quite foxed. DJ has some short tears at edges and dust spotting.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ariel Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16407
- Title
- Hoping for a Hoopoe
- Author
- Updike, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1959
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Ariel Books
Postage at buyers cost, packaging is no charge. All books shipped same-day payment is received. we pack carefully and insure all orders. Payment by paypal and must be received in full before goods are dispatched. If for any reason you are not satisfied return your book within 30 days and we will happily refund the book purchase price.
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:
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- BDS
- Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...