Spider Boy. a scenario for a moving Picture
by Van Vechten, Carl
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the First Edition, which was issued in three differnt ways (Trade; Limited to 75 copies; and this version LIMITED to 220 copies, of which 210 were for sale). Blue cloth binding, titled in gilt on front cover; spine highly decorated in blue and gilt; three compartments for the titling. Clean text; 297 pages; includes Van Vechten's "Works" and the Knopf Print Notice. SIGNED and NUMBERED on Limitation Page. Light rub to margins; splash of fade on front cover. Lacking the slipcase; in an archival plastic protector.. Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004801
- Title
- Spider Boy. a scenario for a moving Picture
- Author
- Van Vechten, Carl
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (Plus)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Limited
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1928
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
Glossary
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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...