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The Overcrowded Barracoon
by Naipaul, V.S
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394482905
- ISBN 13
- 9780394482903
- Seller
-
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. First American edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Gilt stamped orange cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, not illustrated. Book has handsome boards and tight binding, front flyleaf clipped at top corner, otherwise text clean and unmarked. DJ has mild rubbing and shelfwear.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Common Crow Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B59890
- Title
- The Overcrowded Barracoon
- Author
- Naipaul, V.S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394482905
- ISBN 13
- 9780394482903
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- Literary Criticism, Essays, Political Science
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About the Seller
Common Crow Books
Biblio member since 2005
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
About Common Crow Books
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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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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