Ship of Fools

Katherine Anne Porter

Atlantic Monthly Press / Little, Brown and Company (Boston · Toronto), 1962. First edition, first printing.

$25One copy · this copy

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Book: Very Good
Jacket: Good
Jacket note: The dust jacket grades Good.
Our ref: RCB-989c50835b6f

What we checked, and where to see itRCB-989c50835b6f · 8 photographs of this copy

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'An Atlantic Monthly Press Book / Little, Brown and Company · Boston · Toronto' on title page

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Front jacket flap priced 'SO7 $6.50' (a trade, not book-club, tell)

examined on the copy in hand

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Rear flap notes 'A Book-of-the-Month Club Selection' as promotional copy, NOT 'Book Club Edition'

examined on the copy in hand

Flaws, each one named

Chipping and fraying to head and tail of jacket spine

see it — photograph 7

Edge wear and small losses along jacket edges

see it — photograph 6

Toning/tanning to jacket, especially rear panel

see it — photograph 6

Page-block edges toned/foxed

see it — photograph 8

Page tanning throughout

see it — photograph 8

This copy

First edition

What a true first shows: Little, Brown / Atlantic Monthly Press, 1962, stating 'First Edition' on the copyright page with the copyright sequence ending 1962 and LCCN 62-9557; the trade jacket is priced $6.50.

Photographs show the exact copy you will receive. Every flaw we found is listed above; if we missed one, the return is on us.