Triumph: A Novel of Modern Diplomacy
by Galbraith, John Kenneth
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1968. BOMC/BCE . Blue Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Author calls this novel a fable and a non-novel novel because he thought fiction would be the best vehicle to deliver what he has also tried to relate in articles and lectures. 239 pp. Book has gilt text/orange decorations on spine and front panel, orange ep's. It gives the impression of being unread. BCE colophon at base of rear panel. Book is lightly rubbed at tail of spine, and has small bumps at top corners. Unpriced, unclipped DJ has edge and shelf wear with no loss of material. Bookseller's Inventory # 154801.
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- Seller
- Lower Beverley Better Books (CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 004801
- Title
- Triumph: A Novel of Modern Diplomacy
- Author
- Galbraith, John Kenneth
- Format/Binding
- Blue Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- BOMC/BCE
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1968
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Terms of Sale
Lower Beverley Better Books
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About the Seller
Lower Beverley Better Books
Biblio member since 2014
Lyndhurst, Ontario
About Lower Beverley Better Books
An online bookstore that just grew from a combination of a love of books, a desire to save them from landfill and an inability to bypass yard sales. A considerable percentage of my inventory is signed editions. I also take pride in my Canadiana catalogue.
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- 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...
- 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...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.