London: The Companion Book Club. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1959. Reprint; First Printing. Hardcover. Book Club Edition . Missing DJ, some staining and rubbing to slightly sunned spine, corners lightly bumped and rubbed, some foxing. ; First printing of book club edition, March 1959. Orange cloth boards with gilt lettering to red panel on spine. Nice tight copy, no namesinside. ; 256 pages; Novel set in Italy as a island has to deal with it's volcano coming back to life. Tom Patch, an english artist that has been on the island of Anapoli for some time, becomes an unwilling spokesperson for many of the islanders worried about increasing signs of volcanic activity. The leading politician on the island however has an election to win in a few weeks, and surely things can wait until that is out of the way... .

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Bookseller: Books in Bulgaria (BG)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 32589
Title: The Sleeping Mountain
Author: Harris, John
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
Edition: Reprint; First Printing
Publisher: The Companion Book Club
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1959
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Keywords: Book Club Edition
Bookseller catalogs: Fireside Reads;

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Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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...
Book Club Edition: A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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....
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.