The Story of the Stone. Also Known as the Dream of the Red Chamber. Volumes 1 The Golden Days, 2 The Crab-Flower Story, 3 The Warning Voice and 4 The Debt of Tears - lacks Volume 5.
by CAO XUEQIN
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
1973, 1977, 1980 and 1982. Penguin Books. Harmondsworth. Four volumes. Paperbacks. 1973, 1977, 1980 and 1982. All first edition. Pages of volume 1 very browned and prelims and endpapers very foxed and spotted., volume 2 has a vertical crease to spine, volumes 2-4 pages are also browned and all volumes have light creasing to covers and rubbing to extremities. Scarce to get so many volumes together.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Addyman Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 90370
- Title
- The Story of the Stone. Also Known as the Dream of the Red Chamber. Volumes 1 The Golden Days, 2 The Crab-Flower Story, 3 The Warning Voice and 4 The Debt of Tears - lacks Volume 5.
- Author
- CAO XUEQIN
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- Date Published
- 1973, 1977, 1980 and 1982
- Keywords
- FICTION penguin classics
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Addyman Books
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire
About Addyman Books
Addyman Books is based in Hay-on-Wye, the book capital of the world, with almost 30 bookshops in the town, nestled in the Black Mountains of Wales. We have been established since 1986 and have three shops, Addyman Books, Addyman Annexe and Murder & Mayhem. Large general stock. Murder & Mayhem specialises in Detective Fiction, True Crime and Horror.
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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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...