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TIGER! TIGER!
by Alfred Bester
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good +/very good
- Seller
-
Blue Hill, Maine, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1956. first edition. Hardcover. Very good +/very good. 5 x 8 in. 231 pp. Blue cloth boards with gilt spine titles. First edition. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; covers very clean, corners mildly bumped, minimal shelf wear. Binding tight. Text very clean and unmarked, paper has toned a little with age. DJ is VERY GOOD ; bright and clean, not clipped (12s. 6d.) A hint of toning, edges have some wear and a few chips. Front has a small scratch where the neck of the man's image is. In a new Mylar wrapper. Fic. RGR.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53094
- Title
- TIGER! TIGER!
- Author
- Alfred Bester
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Publisher
- Sidgwick and Jackson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1956
Terms of Sale
Andre Strong Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Andre Strong Bookseller
Biblio member since 2008
Blue Hill, Maine
About Andre Strong Bookseller
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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....
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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