MURDO AND OTHER STORIES
by Crichton Smith, Iain
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0575029838
- ISBN 13
- 9780575029835
- Seller
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Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
United Kingdom: Victor Gollancz Ltd. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 0575029838 . A Near Fine 1st edition hardcover, in very Good dustjacket. Book is in clean orange cloth boards, very lightly rubbed to spine ends and bumped to spine heel, else Fine. Unclipped dustjacket is lightly sunned to spine, with two tiny (gilt?) marks. Spine ends are lightly bumped. there is some light edge-wear, and single 3mm closed tear to top rear corner. Bookshop price sticker to front flap - supplied in a new removable archival sleeve. Carefully packaged and despatched within 48 hours from our wee bookshop in Scotland.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 224 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Bookshelf (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 58060
- Title
- MURDO AND OTHER STORIES
- Author
- Crichton Smith, Iain
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0575029838
- ISBN 13
- 9780575029835
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz Ltd
- Place of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- 0575029838, Fiction, Scottish Fiction, Scottish Literature, Literature of the Highlands and Islands
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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....
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...