Fighting Angel
by Pearl S. Buck
- 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
Cedric Chivers Ltd, 1969. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1969. First Edition. 274 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Dust jacket over red cloth. Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Bright and clean pages with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Small tear and notable scuffing to front endpaper. Tape stain to front pastedown. Boards have light edge wear with minor corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine, with occasional markings overall. Book has forward lean. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Mild droplet stain to front flap.
Synopsis
Pearl Buck wrote this biography of her father, an American missionary in China. Renamed Andrew in the book, Buck's father was sent out to China in 1879 just after graduating seminary school. He spent much of his time there translating the Bible into the various forms of Chinese to extend the reach of the mission.
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Details
- Seller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1706521719ADA
- Title
- Fighting Angel
- Author
- Pearl S. Buck
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Cedric Chivers Ltd
- Date Published
- 1969
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- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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
- 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...