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A Place in the Country: On Gottfried Keller, Johann Peter Hebel, Robert Walser and Others
by Sebald, W.G. and Jo Catling(Translation, Introduction & Notes)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1400067715
- ISBN 13
- 9781400067718
- Seller
-
Albany, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 2013. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First U.S. Edition stated with full number line 1-9. In brown cloth with gilt to type. Tiny remainder dot to bottom page ends, otherwise in beautiful shape with sharp corners, clean interior and tight binding. Jacket is unclipped with light edgewear.
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- Bookseller
- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LPB008486WS
- Title
- A Place in the Country: On Gottfried Keller, Johann Peter Hebel, Robert Walser and Others
- Author
- Sebald, W.G. and Jo Catling(Translation, Introduction & Notes)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First US Edition/First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1400067715
- ISBN 13
- 9781400067718
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2013
- Bookseller catalogs
- German Literature;
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Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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About the Seller
Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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Albany, California
About Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Remainder
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