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The Floating World A Novel
by Kadohata, Cynthia
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0436241242
- ISBN 13
- 9780436241246
- Seller
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The Woodlands, Texas, United States
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About This Item
London: Secker & Warburg. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0436241242 . "The voice of an adolescent wise beyond her years is rendered here authentically, memorably and beautifully in a very different coming-of-age story." First English Edition. Ships same or next business day. Spine is skewed, small bumps on spine ends, pages are tanned on edges, spine partially cracked on pages 178-179; otherwise, free from major defect. Dust jacket has minimal edge and shelf wear, small creases along head edge of front flap. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 196 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Good Books In The Woods
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 68440
- Title
- The Floating World A Novel
- Author
- Kadohata, Cynthia
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0436241242
- ISBN 13
- 9780436241246
- Publisher
- Secker & Warburg
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- 0436241242
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- Edges
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- Good+
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- Fine
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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....
- 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...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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