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THE ROOM
by Selby, Hubert Jr
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Grove Press, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. FINE/Very Good. SIGNED by the author and inscribed to the fine-press publishing duo, Stathis [Orphanos] and Ralph [Sylvester] in black pen on the FFEP. 288pp. 12mo, black cloth, gilt spine lettering.A few very trivial smudges to edges, exceedingly clean and sharp otherwise; DJ spine sunned as usual with some light wear to edges, price of $5.95 intact. Selby's second novel, the reminisces of a criminally insane man locked in solitary confinement.
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- Bookseller
- Arches Bookhouse
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 503933
- Title
- THE ROOM
- Author
- Selby, Hubert Jr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Date Published
- 1971
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Terms of Sale
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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
Arches Bookhouse
Biblio member since 2022
Portland, Oregon
About Arches Bookhouse
Brick & mortar humanities bookshop in Portland, OR. Philosophy, history, theology, literature, art.
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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...
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
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