Cone Of Silence - A Novel
by David Beaty
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Secker & Warburg, 1959. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1959. First Edition. 288 pages. Dust jacket over blue cloth. Clean pages with mild tanning and moderate foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Mild water stain to rear hinge. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild tanning to spine and board edges. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has forward lean. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Heavy foxing. Moderate water staining to panels. Mild tanning to spine. Notable rubbing and marking all over.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1707295349ALK
- Title
- Cone Of Silence - A Novel
- Author
- David Beaty
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Secker & Warburg
- Date Published
- 1959
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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.
- 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...
- First Edition
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