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The Book of The Dragon
by Montse ; Cabral Ciruelo (Illustrator)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1850282412
- ISBN 13
- 9781850282419
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
London, England: Paper Tiger/Dragon's World, 1992. Reprint . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Ciruelo Cabral. Brilliant illustrations by Ciruelo Cabral grace this lovely tribute to the dragons of literature from ancient Greek myths to Tolkien. Text by Montserrat Sant, translated from the orig. Spanish by Ross Schwartz. Orig. published in 1992, this is a 1996 reprint, identical in look & contents! 127 pages, lavishly illustrated on each. Oversized hardcover with brown cloth-covered boards is in Near Fine condition: completely clean, binding strong & straight, pages white, colors bright. NO writing, underlining, or highlighting; NOT ex-lib. Only flaw is very slight corner bumping, rubbing to extremities. The unclipped DJ is downgraded to VG due to a few teeny tears at foot of spine & flap-front cover corner.Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping if ordered by 2 pm weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next day. SORRY: book is too large for expedited domestic or international shipping without preapproval of substantial (at least double) postage increase per USPS rates.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016178
- Title
- The Book of The Dragon
- Author
- Montse ; Cabral Ciruelo (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Ciruelo Cabral
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 1850282412
- ISBN 13
- 9781850282419
- Publisher
- Paper Tiger/Dragon's World
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- DRAGON FANTASY ART FICTION ILLUSTRATOR ILLUSTRATION CIRUELO
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books/Illustrators; Science Fiction-Fantasy; Fairy Tales-Folklore-Fables-Mythology;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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