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IN SEARCH OF FORM
by Shadbolt, Jack
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/Poor
- Seller
-
Creston, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
McClelland & Stewart. Not Stated Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/Poor. 236, [3] pages. Gold lettering on the spine, gold image on the front cover. Previous owner has written their name on the front cover, front free endpaper and half title page. Corners are bumped, top and tail of the spine are worn. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, is soiled and chipped along the edges and full of writing. A very good copy of this 'adventure for the mind.' concerned with the indivisibility of the artist's whole vision. Illustrated with 221 plates, in b/w and full colour. This is a heavy book and will require additional shipping charges (at cost).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Beacon Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009574
- Title
- IN SEARCH OF FORM
- Author
- Shadbolt, Jack
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Not Stated Presumed First Edition
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart
Terms of Sale
Beacon Books
Full refund up to 14 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Beacon Books
Biblio member since 2009
Creston, British Columbia
About Beacon Books
The storefront offers secondhand books of all kinds with ample sections of literature, art, history, mystery, popular fiction, science fiction and children's books. The online store features first and signed editions, rare and antiquarian books, academic titles and a large collection of nautical and military history.
Glossary
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
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