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Lancelot
by Percy, Walker
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/near fine
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. First edition, first printing of Lancelot by Walker Percy.. Octavo, 257pp. Full red cloth, title in gilt on spine. Stated "First Printing, 1977" on copyright page. Solid text block, faint dust remnants to top edge. In the publisher's dust jacket, $8.95 retail price on front flap, light shelf wear. A near fine example.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15103
- Title
- Lancelot
- Author
- Percy, Walker
- Illustrator
- First edition, first printing of Lancelot by Walker Percy.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- The Moviegoer Walker Percy, Walker Percy signed book, Walker Percy first edition, Lancelot first edition, Love in the Ruins Percy, The Last Gentleman Percy, Lancelot signed book
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About the Seller
The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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Cincinnati, Ohio
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Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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