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Seal Pool
by Matthiessen, Peter
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday, 1972. First Edition. First Printing Near fine in color illustrated cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and with a color illustration on the front board with black text. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 3/8 inches. In a near fine, price clipped dust jacket however, the jacket's original price was clipped to allow the publisher to attach a new price on a sticker. Signed by the author on a bookplate which is tipped on to the first free end page. 79 pages of text with 17 color plates Illustrated by William Pene duBois. Matthiessen first book for children.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Town's End Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB29304
- Title
- Seal Pool
- Author
- Matthiessen, Peter
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1972
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Town's End Books
Biblio member since 2009
Deep River, Connecticut
About Town's End Books
We purchase and sell only collectible first editions in a number of fields all focused on Americana. We are primarily mail order sellers; however, we are open by appointment and welcome visits from customers.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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"...
- 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....
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