Faber and Faber, 1959. Hardcover. Good. 1959. First Edition. 197 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Library copy, with minimal stamping to rear pastedown. Pages remain bright and clear. Notable stain to gutters on many pages. Mild thumb-marking present. Moderate tanning and heavy foxing to text block edges. Pencil inscription to front pastedown and endpaper. Water and pink stains to rear pastedown and end papers. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Notable scratching and marking to boards. Water stain on rear board and head of spine. Tape marks on front board. Mild crushing to spine ends. Pen mark to sticker on front.

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Seller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Seller's Inventory #: 1692629870LEE
Title: A Clash Of Cymbals
Author: James Blish
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Date Published: 1959

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Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
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...
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....
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....