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The City & The City.
by MIÈVILLE, China
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 1405000171
- ISBN 13
- 9781405000178
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan,, 2009. First edition, first impression, signed by the author on the title page. Mièville's multi-award-winning novel is a Borgesian crime fantasy in which two separate cities exist simultaneously in the same geographical space yet operating under wilful ignorance of the existence of the other. Octavo. Original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. A fine copy, in near-fine jacket with very light rubbing and couple of nicks, else bright and fresh. 9781405000178
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 152340
- Title
- The City & The City.
- Author
- MIÈVILLE, China
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1405000171
- ISBN 13
- 9781405000178
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London: Macmillan,
- Date Published
- 2009
Terms of Sale
Peter Harrington
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Cloth
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- Rubbing
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
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