Laughter in the Dark
by [Nabokov] Nabokoff, Vladimir
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1938. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition, first printing in publisher's original second state brown cloth binding. Light bumping to edges of covers, and pages toned, else Fine, in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with the affects of unnecessary tape repairs made to the verso.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140941738
- Title
- Laughter in the Dark
- Author
- [Nabokov] Nabokoff, Vladimir
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Bobbs-Merrill Company
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis and New York
- Date Published
- 1938
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
Glossary
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Second State
- used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...