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Wise Blood
by O'Connor, Flannery
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good+
- Seller
-
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1969. Hardcover. Good/Good+. Early printing of Second Edition, in Milton Glaser dust jacket. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1969; stated Second Printing, no later printings indicated; 232pp. Minimal ex-library signs--front end page has been neatly removed, top corner of second front end page clipped, evidence of plate removal on front paste-downs, two razor blade cuts on front paste-down, library stamp on copyright page, small stamp and marker line on top edge of page block. Binding is sturdy and fully intact; first page gathering has loosened somewhat but remains fully sewn in; minor wear to edges of black cloth boards, gilt titling remains bright and bold; text also very good. Light wear to edges of unclipped ($5.50) dust jacket, some fraying over spine ends; light toning over spine; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Synopsis
Wise Blood was the first novel written by U.S. Southern author Flannery O'Connor.
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Details
- Seller
- The Book House in Dinkytown
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 302405
- Title
- Wise Blood
- Author
- O'Connor, Flannery
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1969
- Weight
- 1.38 lbs
Terms of Sale
The Book House in Dinkytown
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
The Book House in Dinkytown
Biblio member since 2015
Minneapolis, Minnesota
About The Book House in Dinkytown
Used books bought and sold, classics and collectibles in all fields. In Dinkytown since 1976.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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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