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First edition

The View from the Fortieth Floor

Theodore H. White
William Sloane Associates, 1960. First edition, first printing.
$45One copy · this copy
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Book
Near Fine
Jacket
Good
Jacket note
The dust jacket grades Good.
Signed
SIGNED by the author. The signature is shown in the photographs — judge it yourself, as any buyer should.
Our ref
RCB-984a3057d21a
What we checked, and where to see itRCB-984a3057d21a · 10 photographs of this copy
✓
Copyright page states Copyright © 1960 by Theodore H. White, matching first-publication year
examined on the copy in hand
✓
Limitation leaf: 'Of a special autographed edition, this is number 861' with the author's signature
examined on the copy in hand
✓
Title page: William Sloane Associates, New York, 1960
examined on the copy in hand
✓
Dust jacket priced $4.95 and noted 'A Literary Guild Selection'
examined on the copy in hand
✓
No number line or later-printing statement on the copyright page (house did not print one)
examined on the copy in hand
Flaws, each one named
1
chipping and loss at head and tail of jacket spine
see it — photograph 10
2
large chips/tears at lower rear jacket panel
see it — photograph 9
3
edge wear and tanning/soiling to jacket
see it — photograph 1
4
pencilled '1495' and 'K40' on front yellow endpaper
see it — photograph 3
5
embossed oval/seal at foot of front flap
see it — photograph 3
This copy
First edition

What a true first shows: William Sloane Associates, New York, 1960, cloth in jacket; a signed/numbered 'special autographed edition' was issued alongside the trade first.

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