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Vlemk the Box-Painter
by John Gardner; Catherine Kanner [Illustrator]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0935716017
- ISBN 13
- 9780935716016
- Seller
-
New Paltz, New York, United States
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About This Item
Lord John Press, 1979-06-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover with jacket. Stated First Edition. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to author Nancy Willard on ffep: "To Nancy Willard, The most entrancing writer I've read. With Affection, John Gardner. Breadloaf 1980." Jacket is unclipped, showing light shelfwear at edges. Brown cloth covered boards, clean but very slightly warped front cover. Binding is sound, bright gilt title on spine. A presentation copy in VG condition overall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Barner Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012621003
- Title
- Vlemk the Box-Painter
- Author
- John Gardner; Catherine Kanner [Illustrator]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0935716017
- ISBN 13
- 9780935716016
- Publisher
- Lord John Press
- Place of Publication
- Northridge
- Date Published
- 1979-06-01
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Barner Books
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- Cloth
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- Shelfwear
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- 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...
- 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...
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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
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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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