Flamingo
by Gardner, John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0340239263
- ISBN 13
- 9780340239261
- Seller
-
nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
Item Price
£25.00
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London, UK: Hodder & Stoughton, 1983. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition, first impression. 282pp. In black cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. 8vo. Top text block edge a little dust darkened, small smudge mark on lower text block edge. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust jacket, bright and crisp, not price clipped, very gently bumped at spine tips. Dust jacket now protected in a Brodart-style sleeve, fitted without the use of tape or adhesives.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023343
- Title
- Flamingo
- Author
- Gardner, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Impression
- ISBN 10
- 0340239263
- ISBN 13
- 9780340239261
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1983
- Pages
- 282
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Fiction, Novels, Thrillers, Modern Fiction Firsts,
- X weight
- 0 kg
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About the Seller
BookAddiction
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nr Canterbury, Kent
About BookAddiction
Based in the leafy hamlet of Chartham Hatch, just a few miles from the historic Cathedral city of Canterbury, BookAddiction offers beautiful, illustrated and collectible used books and a selection of unique works on paper.BookAddiction was established in 1999 (originally trading as The Virtual Bookshelf). We are members of the book-selling co-operation, Ibooknet, which extends the highest professional and ethical standards, and are in the process of joining the Provincial Booksellers' Fairs Association (PBFA).Follow our blog, on books and book collecting at www.bookaddictionuk.wordpress.uk or visit our website at www.bookaddiction.co.uk.We welcome inquiries about our books and endeavour to respond promptly. Please ask away, Offers always welcome.
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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....
- 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...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
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