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The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
by Nabokov, Vladimir
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Andover, Massachusetts, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1941. One of 1500 copies printed in November 1941 by the Walpole Printing Office, Mount Vernon, New York. First state, with rough cloth binding and paper labels. Previous owner's name is on the front pastedown. The endpapers are mildly foxed. Otherwise fine.. Limited First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Banjo Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014930
- Title
- The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
- Author
- Nabokov, Vladimir
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Limited First Edition
- Publisher
- New Directions
- Place of Publication
- Norfolk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1941
- Keywords
- Collectible
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Banjo Booksellers
Biblio member since 2004
Andover, Massachusetts
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On-line and mail-order only. We have a wide variety of books, both fiction and non-fiction, with an emphasis on modern first editions and collectible childrens books.
Glossary
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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