Spirit of Place: Letters and Essays On Travel
by Durrell, Lawrence
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0571089941
- ISBN 13
- 9780571089949
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Faber and Faber, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. From the library of poet/academic William Matchett with his signature and date to the ffep. 8vo. - over 7¾ in. - 9¾ in. 430pp. Light shelfwear to boards, else a Very Good copy, clean interior, tight binding; in a Very Good dust jacket that has a touch of light wear along the edges, slight fading to the spine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 625833
- Title
- Spirit of Place: Letters and Essays On Travel
- Author
- Durrell, Lawrence
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0571089941
- ISBN 13
- 9780571089949
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- Lawrence Durrell English Novelist fiction Travel Writing Essays Literature Greece Corfu, , , , , , , ,
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Arundel Books of Seattle
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Seattle, Washington
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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- First Edition
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- 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.
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