Portrait of Andre Gide: A Critical Biography
by O'Brien, Justin
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chagrin Falls, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1953 Alfred A. Knopf. SIGNED by author on half-title page (signature only). First Edition, stated. No additional printings listed. Date on title page matches copyright on verso. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has light blue cloth-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering and decorations. Deckle fore edges. Black and white frontispiece. Black and white plates. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with minor fraying at tips. Spine and edges of front cover lightly sun-faded. Covers have moderate edge wear and surface rubbing. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Publisher's blind-stamped running dog logo on back cover. A Borzoi Book. Pages clean and unmarked. 390 pages + index. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.
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- Bookseller
- SmarterRat Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6612
- Title
- Portrait of Andre Gide: A Critical Biography
- Author
- O'Brien, Justin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- Biography,Signed
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; Signed;
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- Spine
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- Tight
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- Verso
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- Edges
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