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Send Me Down (Advance Review Copy)
by Henry Steig
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Seller
-
Orange Park, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1941. Book. Very Good +. Soft cover. First Edition. Rare advance review copy preceding the publication of the first edition of the author's first book. Softcover book with French flaps with publisher's $2.50 price on front flap. Illustrated covers are identical to the dust jacket of the first-edition hardcover. Title page is dated 1941 and "First Edition" is stated on copyright page. 461 text pages. Measures 7 5/8" x 5 3/8" x 1 1/4". In VERY GOOD + condition. Front cover is quite bright and very clean with no rubbing or creasing. Sun-toned spine is slightly concave and somewhat rippled with one light vertical crease and two small nicks to the right side edge. Rear cover is clean but somewhat age-toned with a light diagonal crease continuing to the rear flap and last few text pages. Inner flaps are otherwise excellent. Tightly bound book. Toned but spotless outer page edges. Text pages are unmarked, bright and clean with a slight top corner crease to the last 150 pages. No previous owner markings..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Odysseus Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3918
- Title
- Send Me Down (Advance Review Copy)
- Author
- Henry Steig
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1941
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- collectible, 1st edition, advance, review copy, uncorrected proof
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; First Printings;
Terms of Sale
Odysseus Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Advance Review Copy
- Advance Review Copy, a specially printed copy of the book, generally paperback, which has been produced and distributed by the...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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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