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Concrete Island

Concrete Island

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Concrete Island

by BALLARD J G

  • Used
  • very good
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Very Good/Very Good
ISBN 10
0224009702
ISBN 13
9780224009706
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About This Item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1973 SCARCE title, price clipped DW under plastic sleeve, minor chipping to spine ends, short tear along the fold of at the bottom of the lower ( rear) joint, laminated illustrated upper layer of the DW has a surface split with minor chipping at the head of the upper joint, book top edge is slightly dusty, and very slight foixing to closed fore edge, top 10mm of fep clipped off, and a small area towards the corner of the half title has been neatly trimmed off as well ( about 5mm deep), otherwise book and wrapper are tidy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Synopsis

Concrete Island is a 1974 English fiction novel by J. G. Ballard.

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Bookseller
Fortuna Books NZ (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #
010449
Title
Concrete Island
Author
BALLARD J G
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
First Edition
ISBN 10
0224009702
ISBN 13
9780224009706
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1973
Keywords
British New Wave Science Fiction Avant Garde J. G. Ballard Modern First Edition Rare
Bookseller catalogs
SCIENCE-FICTION FANTASY & HORROR;

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About Fortuna Books

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Price Clipped
When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
Chipping
A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
Fore Edge
The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
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....
Half Title
The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
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...

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