The Peach Stone
by Horgan, Paul
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1967. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1967. First edition. 8vo. Lustrous black cloth with gilt lettering embossed on spine, text block edges stained red, 470 pp. A wide experience of American life is interpreted in this rich collection of stories. Entertaining and unforgettable! Rare! Dust jacket is sunned and slightly dog-eared at spine; bindings have some discolored areas, text block clean, bright and gently read. Very good in a very good dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rose's Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- EM-B1214-11
- Title
- The Peach Stone
- Author
- Horgan, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1967
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- SHORT STORIES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Literature and Fiction;
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About the Seller
Rose's Books, IOBA
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts
About Rose's Books, IOBA
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- 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....
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...