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Concrete Island
by BALLARD, J.G
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0374128073
- ISBN 13
- 9780374128074
- Seller
-
Wadsworth, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1974. First U.S. edition and first printing. Hardcover. 176 pages. An earlier novel from the author of "The Empire of the Sun." A very good plus copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine with some very faint foxing to the page edges and some slight bumping to the bottom corner of the text block and in a very near fine dust jacket.
Synopsis
Concrete Island is a 1974 English fiction novel by J. G. Ballard.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 198897
- Title
- Concrete Island
- Author
- BALLARD, J.G
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0374128073
- ISBN 13
- 9780374128074
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- Literature
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About the Seller
Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2008
Wadsworth, Illinois
About Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
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- Spine
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- 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....
- Edges
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- Fine
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