Make Me an Offer
by Mankowitz, Wolf
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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Sturminster Newton, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Andre Deutsch, 1952. Book. Illus. by Leonard Rosoman. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Dark yellow hardcover with title in blue on spine. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to cover, small area of sunning to front cover where chip is missing from top of dustjacket (see image). Endpapers lighltly browned, Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Fair, generally sunned and lightly shelfworn with small chip missing to top of front of jacket. 108pp. Illustrated with b/w line drawings by Leonard Rosoman. This first novel by Wolf Mankowitz, an antique dealer himself, depicts life in the antiques trade of the 1950's. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003999
- Title
- Make Me an Offer
- Author
- Mankowitz, Wolf
- Illustrator
- Leonard Rosoman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Andre Deutsch
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1952
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- English Literature;
Terms of Sale
Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books
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About the Seller
Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books
Biblio member since 2019
Sturminster Newton
About Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books
Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books specialises in Modern British Art and 20th century design books, and is based in Dorset. We are always interested in buying books, particularly those related to art, design, photography and architecture. Please contact us on 01258 471 249 or info@karenjakobsen.co.ukKaren Jakobsen is a Member of the PBFA
Glossary
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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