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Airflow
by Castle, Philip
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0905895355
- ISBN 13
- 9780905895352
- Seller
-
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London : Book Club Associates / BCA, 1980. Book Club Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book Club edition second printing 1982. Hardback book is tight clean and square. Boards sharp and clean. Minor bump to head and foot of spine, title gilt perfect. Text block clean, with light toning to edges. The pages are crisp and unblemished. Feels lightly read. Near fine condition. Jacket has light creasing and crimping to edges. Long tear to front panel that starts at upper joint, to the edge of the panel image. General light toning to the white areas. Jacket grades very good. For grading accuracy books are photographed without a protective book cover. This book is fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a worthy addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A solid example of this collectible Castle title, uncommon in hard cover. Despite the tear to the front panel of the jacket, this copy presents well on the shelf in the archival cover.
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Details
- Seller
- Durdles Books (IOBA)
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 005427
- Title
- Airflow
- Author
- Castle, Philip
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition 2nd Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0905895355
- ISBN 13
- 9780905895352
- Publisher
- Book Club Associates / BCA
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1980
- Pages
- 156
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- views General, General
- Bookseller catalogs
- SF Art and Art Illustrated Books;
- X weight
- 1200 g
Terms of Sale
Durdles Books (IOBA)
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. All books, where possible, are sent by signed and tracked services and our postage prices reflect this. We cannot normally send to overseas PO Box addresses. Purchasers may need to provide a phone number for heavier or valuable items as per our courier requirements. We only use airmail for overseas orders, we will not use surface mail.
About the Seller
Durdles Books (IOBA)
Biblio member since 2018
Birmingham, West Midlands
About Durdles Books (IOBA)
Durdles Books is an online bookshop that specialises in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Modern Firsts and Genre Fiction. We also have books in many other categories and think our stock is both varied and interesting. We are constantly busy sourcing new stock in great condition, as collectors ourselves we appreciate that there is nothing like finding a lovely copy of a book that is on "the list". We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), so you can be assured of our commitment to good bookselling practices and customer service.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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....
- 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...
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