The Disaster Area
by Ballard, J. G
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0224611887
- ISBN 13
- 9780224611886
- Seller
-
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London : Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1984. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Second edition (Cape 1984 reissue) first printing. Hardback book is tight clean and square. Boards sharp and clean. Lovely sharp spine ends, title gilt perfect. Text block clean, with very light toning to edges, more pronounced to top edge. The pages are crisp and unblemished. Feels lightly read. Near fine condition. Jacket has some minor handling marks to the front panel. The rear panel has a light scratch, and light handling marks to the gloss. The spine is lightly sunned, but presents well on the shelfOverall near fine. For grading accuracy books are photographed without a protective book cover. This book is fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a worthy addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A super example of this collectible title, this is the 1984 reissue from the original publisher Cape. A increasingly uncommon title even in this later issue.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Durdles Books (IOBA) (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005346
- Title
- The Disaster Area
- Author
- Ballard, J. G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0224611887
- ISBN 13
- 9780224611886
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1984
- Pages
- 206
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
- X weight
- 600 g
Terms of Sale
Durdles Books (IOBA)
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About the Seller
Durdles Books (IOBA)
Biblio member since 2018
Birmingham, West Midlands
About Durdles Books (IOBA)
Durdles Books is an online bookshop that specialises in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Modern Firsts and Genre Fiction. We also have books in many other categories and think our stock is both varied and interesting. We are constantly busy sourcing new stock in great condition, as collectors ourselves we appreciate that there is nothing like finding a lovely copy of a book that is on "the list". We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), so you can be assured of our commitment to good bookselling practices and customer service.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Text Block
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- Gilt
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- Sunned
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- Spine
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- Edges
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- Jacket
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.