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My Uncle Oswald
by Dahl, Roald
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394510119
- ISBN 13
- 9780394510118
- Seller
-
Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. Stated First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. April 1980. Dahl here, in, " His First Novel For Grownups" tells a story, " . . . as the devilish Dahl of ' Kiss Kiss' and ' Switch Bitch' - here is the ultimate adult romp." (front flap) Cream colored cloth spine carries gilt text and binds pale blue paper covered boards with gilt author's monogram on front panel and Knopf impressed colophon on rear. Book has narrow band of sunning at top edges, fon stamp ffep, and very slight ends of spine wear. Price clipped DJ is not laminated. It has light edge/shelf wear and some black streaks at base of spine on rear panel. Bookseller's Inventory # 231321.
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- Bookseller
- Lower Beverley Better Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001321
- Title
- My Uncle Oswald
- Author
- Dahl, Roald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394510119
- ISBN 13
- 9780394510118
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Pages
- 245
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Terms of Sale
Lower Beverley Better Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Lower Beverley Better Books
Biblio member since 2014
Lyndhurst, Ontario
About Lower Beverley Better Books
An online bookstore that just grew from a combination of a love of books, a desire to save them from landfill and an inability to bypass yard sales. A considerable percentage of my inventory is signed editions. I also take pride in my Canadiana catalogue.
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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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- FON
- Former Owner's Name. Indicates that the previous owner of the book has written their name in the book.
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
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