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The Desert Spear (The Demon Cycle, Book 2)
by Brett, Peter V
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0007276168
- ISBN 13
- 9780007276165
- Seller
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Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Harper Voyager, 2010. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition second printing. Hardback book is tight and clean with a slight lean. Boards sharp and clean, title gilt perfect. Text block clean, with off white edges, there is some marking to the foreedge. The pages are crisp and unblemished. Feels tight and unread. Bumped to foot of spine, very good close to near fine condition. Jacket minor crimping to edges only, grades near fine. For grading accuracy books are photographed without a protective book cover. This book is fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a worthy addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A nice example of this collectible first edition first printing title, the second book in the The Demon Cycle Trilogy.
Synopsis
Peter V. Brett is the internationally bestselling author of The Warded Man and The Desert Spear . Raised on a steady diet of fantasy novels, comic books, and Dungeons & Dragons, Brett has been writing fantasy stories for as long as he can remember. He received a bachelor of arts degree in English literature and art history from the University at Buffalo in 1995, then spent more than a decade in pharmaceutical publishing before returning to his bliss. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Durdles Books (IOBA)
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006068
- Title
- The Desert Spear (The Demon Cycle, Book 2)
- Author
- Brett, Peter V
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 2nd Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0007276168
- ISBN 13
- 9780007276165
- Publisher
- Harper Voyager
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2010
- Pages
- 560
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- The Demon Cycle, Book 2 General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fantasy;
- X weight
- 850 g
Terms of Sale
Durdles Books (IOBA)
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About the Seller
Durdles Books (IOBA)
Biblio member since 2018
Birmingham, West Midlands
About Durdles Books (IOBA)
Durdles Books is an online bookshop that specialises in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Modern Firsts and Genre Fiction. We also have books in many other categories and think our stock is both varied and interesting. We are constantly busy sourcing new stock in great condition, as collectors ourselves we appreciate that there is nothing like finding a lovely copy of a book that is on "the list". We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), so you can be assured of our commitment to good bookselling practices and customer service.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Crisp
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- Edges
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- Text Block
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- First Edition
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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...
- 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...
- 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....
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