Embassytown
by Mieville, China
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0230750761
- ISBN 13
- 9780230750760
- Seller
-
Salem, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
MacMillan, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Signed. First UK edition; first printing with number line to 1. Signed by Mieville at the title page. 404 pages. Black boards with silver spine titles, bumped to spine tips and top fore-edge corners, and with heavier bumping to bottom fore-edge corners. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket has light to moderate edgewear, with small closed tears at spine head, front corner of spine head, and bottom fore-edge corners. Liquid damage to rear fore-edge of DJ - no aesthetic effect from the exterior, but with dampstaining to verso, and faint transfer to the board beneath. Pages toned, more noticeably from about page 110 until the end. Text unmarked.
Synopsis
China Miéville is the author of several books, including Perdido Street Station, The City & The City, and Kraken . His works have won the Hugo, the British Science Fiction Award (twice), the Arthur C. Clarke Award (three times) and the World Fantasy Award. He lives and works in London.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book Bin (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BBS-2015967
- Title
- Embassytown
- Author
- Mieville, China
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0230750761
- ISBN 13
- 9780230750760
- Publisher
- MacMillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2011
- X weight
- 24 oz
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Glossary
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....