SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 7th.* Date of Publication: 2007* Publisher: Harper.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers. No bumps, slight rubs. Some shelf wear to edges & corners. Minor creases to spine, hinge & front corners. Slight spine lean. GD++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text. VG++* Illustrations: One single b/w plan to frontis.* Pages: 388 pp. text.* Product Description:- Behind a villa in the heart of Tuscany lies a Renaissance garden of enchanting beauty. Its grottoes, pagan statues and classical inscriptions seem to have a secret life of their own - and a secret message, too, for those with eyes to read it. Young scholar Adam Strickland is just such a person. Arriving in 1958, he finds the Docci family, their house and the unique garden as seductive as each other. But post-War Italy is still a strange, even dangerous place, and the Doccis have some dark skeletons hidden away which Adam finds himself compelled to investigate.* This is a NEAR VG++ copy of the 1st./7th. reduced by cover wear to GD+*

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 4470
Title: The Savage Garden
Author: Mills, Mark
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - VG++/GD++/ND
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition Thus, 7th. Imp.
ISBN 10: 000716193X
ISBN 13: 9780007161935
Publisher: Harper
Place of Publication: London UK 400
Date Published: 2007-07-02
Bookseller catalogs: Crime, Thrillers & Mystery;
Size: 12.9 x 19.8 cm

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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...
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...
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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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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...