Jean Cocteau : The Man and the Mirror
by SPRIGGE, ELIZABETH and KIHM, JEAN-JACQUES
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good ++/Poor
- Seller
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London, London, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Victor Gollancz, 1968. First Edition. . Hardback. Good ++/Poor. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Price-clipped dust jacket. Dust jacket bumped and rubbed at edges with several closed tears. 1 inch piece missing from front top edge affecting title. Faded at spine. Dust jacket now in removeable clear protective sleeve. Boards a little bumped, but book itself very good, clean and tight. Illustrated with drawings and photographs throughout.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ripping Yarns (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 60334
- Title
- Jean Cocteau : The Man and the Mirror
- Author
- SPRIGGE, ELIZABETH and KIHM, JEAN-JACQUES
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good ++
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz
- Date Published
- 1968
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ripping Yarns
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London, London
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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- Edges
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- Jacket
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