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A Taste of Summer
by Smith, Beverley Sutherland
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0701817801
- ISBN 13
- 9780701817800
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Lansdowne Press, 1986-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable/Good. Lansdowne Press, 1986, reprint. Hardbound book. Dust jacket is in Good condition. Overall light rubbing, some discoloration along top edge of front and rear jacket and to top edge of jacket flaps, light indentations on rear jacket. Book is in Acceptable condition. Pale green boards show soiling to top front and rear edges. Bottom edges of boards show shelfwear. Heavy sunning to spine, bumps to head and tail. Binding remains tight. Top of text block shows discoloration. Pages are toned along edges, otherwise free of markings.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Chaparral Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CHAPsmiTOS
- Title
- A Taste of Summer
- Author
- Smith, Beverley Sutherland
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0701817801
- ISBN 13
- 9780701817800
- Publisher
- Lansdowne Press
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1986-01-01
- X weight
- 0 oz
Terms of Sale
Chaparral Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Chaparral Books
Biblio member since 2015
Portland, Oregon
About Chaparral Books
Chaparral Books is located across from Elephant's Deli on S Corbett Avenue in Portland. We have a well rounded collection of subjects, including an extensive core collection in Western Americana and Native American Literature including Western Writers.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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