Pieces of the Frame [With Signed Bookplate Laid In]
by MCPHEE, John
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Winchester, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1975. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); blue cloth, with titles stamped in silver on spine; green topstain; dustjacket; [viii],308,[4]p. Bookplate signed by the author is loosely laid in. Gentle sunning to spine, else Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $10.00), with a few tiny tears to crown, and a clear tape mend on verso. A collection of 11 non-fiction pieces, several of which first appeared in The Atlantic, Playboy, and The New Yorker.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54825
- Title
- Pieces of the Frame [With Signed Bookplate Laid In]
- Author
- MCPHEE, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1975
Terms of Sale
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
Lorne Bair Rare Books specializes in books, mansuscripts, and printed ephemera relating to American Social History, with an emphasis on radical and utopian movements of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. We are available in our showroom by appointment, at shows, and on-line through various booksellers' sites or at our website www.lornebair.com.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...