Plain Pleasures
by Bowles, Jane
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good +/very good
- Seller
-
Jupiter , Florida, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Peter Owen, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +/very good. 8vo (19 x 12 cm). 184 pp. Gray covers with gilt titles to spine. Wear, discoloration to head/tail of spine. First printing (with misprint of extra "one" on p. 126, line 15). Text block tight and unmarked. Unclipped DJ with 25s to front flap. In Mylar.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Liberty Book Store ABAA FABA IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2679
- Title
- Plain Pleasures
- Author
- Bowles, Jane
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Peter Owen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1966
Terms of Sale
Liberty Book Store ABAA FABA IOBA
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
Liberty Book Store ABAA FABA IOBA
Biblio member since 2012
Jupiter , Florida
About Liberty Book Store ABAA FABA IOBA
Liberty Book Store, ABAA, FABA, IOBA, with offices in Jupiter Florida, is an online (and by appointment) antiquarian bookstore that BUYS and SELLS RARE and INTERESTING BOOKS. Our primary interests are the American Antebellum period, Association Copies, Automotive, Books With A Story, Floridiana, Maritime History, RR Donnelley bindings, and books of exceptional beauty or scarcity.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- 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...