Close Quarters
by William Golding
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0571147798
- ISBN 13
- 9780571147793
- Seller
-
Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Faber and Faber, UK, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Hardcover. 281 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Faber and Faber, UK, 1987. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in near fine condition and comes in very good dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Dust jacket has superficial rubbing. Edges of dust jacket have light bumping. Dust jacket is unclipped. Edges of pages are slightly foxed. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: A sequel to RITES OF PASSAGE, set on board a ship on its way to Australia. A ball is held on the ship whilst it is becalmed in a wilderness of heat and sea mists, and under the influence of this strange atmosphere, soon the passengers and the very ship itself start to go to pieces. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; General; ISBN: 0571147798. ISBN/EAN: 9780571147793. Inventory No: 14010166.. 9780571147793
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Details
- Bookseller
- Manyhills Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14010166
- Title
- Close Quarters
- Author
- William Golding
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0571147798
- ISBN 13
- 9780571147793
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- BZDB5 Fiction; Close Quarters
- Bookseller catalogs
- General; Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Manyhills Books
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Traralgon, Victoria
About Manyhills Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...