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Canal Dreams
by Banks, Iain
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0385418140
- ISBN 13
- 9780385418140
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Doubleday, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. First edition, full number line. Dust jacket immaculate in mylar protector. Binding tight. Light shelf wear. Soiling on page 103-104, with a few millimeters showing on fore edge of text block. (Several drops of some dark brown liquid were scattered across the page.). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Canal Dreams is a novel by Scottish writer Iain Banks, published in 1989.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Twice Sold Tales, Capitol Hill
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 043591
- Title
- Canal Dreams
- Author
- Banks, Iain
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385418140
- ISBN 13
- 9780385418140
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1991
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Twice Sold Tales, Capitol Hill
Biblio member since 2006
Seattle, Washington
About Twice Sold Tales, Capitol Hill
We're a brick & mortar shop in Seattle. We've got six live-in cats.
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- Shelf Wear
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- 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....
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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