New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1948. 221pp. Black boards, gilt titles on spine.Binding tight, spine straight, corners square. Former owner's book plate on front paste down. Foxing to endpapers. Text block clean and unmarked. Chipping to spine ends of dust jacket. Wear to extremities, but jacket is unclipped, with original $3.00 price on front jacket flap. First American edition of Nin's story collection, which prompted Kirkus Reviews to write that, "Once again Miss Nin creates dream images, illusions of unreality and insanity with poetic if incomprehensible phrases, forming a montage of exotic impressions -- all nebulous.". First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. 8vo.

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Bookseller: The Chatham Bookseller, LLC (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 034172
Title: Under a Glass Bell and Other Stories
Author: Nin, Anais
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good-
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: E.P. Dutton & Co.
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1948
Keywords: Anais Nin, Under a Glass Bell, First Edition, Henry Miller, Paris

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The Chatham Bookseller began in 1968, and, in 1970, opened a store at its present location in Madison, NJ. The store contains over 10,000 books in over 80 different subjects, and favors good used books and good literature (both hardcover and paperback) over popular books and bestsellers. Our Internet business began in 2001. Upon visiting the store, we can show and sell individual online titles upon request. Store hours are 10:00-5:30 (Tues.-Sat.) and 11:00-4:00 (Sun.). The business is run by Richard Chalfin.

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Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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...
E.P.: The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after ...
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....
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...