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ISLANDS IN TIME
by Philip Conkling
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good +/good +
- ISBN 10
- 0892721111
- ISBN 13
- 9780892721115
- Seller
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Maine: Down East Books, 1981. Hardcover. Good +/good +. 7 x 10 in. Cloth boards. Condition is GOOD+ ; covers clean, mild shelf wear. Binding tight. Text edges foxed. Color bookplate on ffep, half title pg spotted. Text clean. DJ is GOOD+ ; clipped, sunned around spine and top, edges worn with chips. Maine. Stax.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53410
- Title
- ISLANDS IN TIME
- Author
- Philip Conkling
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Jacket Condition
- good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0892721111
- ISBN 13
- 9780892721115
- Publisher
- Down East Books
- Place of Publication
- Maine
- Date Published
- 1981
- Bookseller catalogs
- Maine;
Terms of Sale
Andre Strong Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Andre Strong Bookseller
Biblio member since 2008
Blue Hill, Maine
About Andre Strong Bookseller
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- 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....
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