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SERENADE
by James M. Cain
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/fair
- Seller
-
Blue Hill, Maine, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. First edition, second printing. Hardcover. Very Good/fair. 5 1/4 x 7 3/4 in. 314 pgs. First edition, stated second printing, December 1937. Black cloth boards with silver device and lettering on cover and spine. Dwiggens block print title pg. Condition of book is VERY GOOD ; corners slightly bumped, slight wear to ends of spine. Covers very clean and fresh, binding solid, text excellent. DJ condition is FAIR ; not price-clipped ($2.50) many closed tears with chipping to edges, small open tears to bottom cover, half of spine (lower) missing, two small open tears back top. Spine faded, covers pretty fresh and bright though. In new Mylar wrapper. Fiction. RGR.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4814
- Title
- SERENADE
- Author
- James M. Cain
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, second printing
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Andre Strong Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Andre Strong Bookseller
Biblio member since 2008
Blue Hill, Maine
About Andre Strong Bookseller
Andre Strong Bookseller is located in Blue Hill, on the coast of Maine. We offer 22,000 books for sale online, and work from an office and rare book room, with a warehouse adjacent. We carry a wide selection of fine books on every subject, with specialization in art, architecture, photography, nautical, Maine and fiction. We do not have an open shop - if you'd like to visit, please arrange an appointment.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- 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....
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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