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by Shaw, Irwin
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Book Club Associates, 1983. By the author of Rich Man, Poor Man. Bown cloth, gilt text on spine. 271pp. Trace of foxing to top edge of text block eps. Text clean, binding tight. DJ has minor shelfwear and light stain on the reverse. Irwin Shaw shows an honest man coming adrift - but surviving in the end with his sense of values tested by fire.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Seller
- All Booked
(NZ)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 000206
- Title
- Acceptable Losses
- Author
- Shaw, Irwin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Book Club Associates
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- Life Values Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
- Size
- 8vo
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Te Awamutu, Waikato
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- 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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