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The Alien Sky
by Paul Scott
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
William Heinemann, 1967. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1967. This Edition. 284 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Black dust jacket over black cloth. Book has been rebound by library, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Front free endpaper is removed. Water staining to pages throughout. Thumb-marking present. Minor dog-eared corners. Tape residue to pastedowns. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Some tanning to spine and edges. Marks to boards. Textblock is shaky. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Loss to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine. Noticeable rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.
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Details
- Seller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1657526528MEP
- Title
- The Alien Sky
- Author
- Paul Scott
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Date Published
- 1967
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
World of Rare Books
Biblio member since 2009
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
About World of Rare Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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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