Day of the Scorpion
by Paul Scott
- 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
William Heinemann Ltd, 1968. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1968. First Edition. 483 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Beige pictorial dust jacket over black cloth. Book has been rebound by library, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn with slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are a mildly crushed, with small splits and chips. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Jacket has been laminated to boards.
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Details
- Seller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1676584239LEE
- Title
- Day of the Scorpion
- Author
- Paul Scott
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William Heinemann Ltd
- Date Published
- 1968
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- 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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...