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The Power that Preserves (The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant Book 3)
by Donaldson, Stephen R
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0904002489
- ISBN 13
- 9780904002485
- Seller
-
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
UK: The Molendinar Press, 1980. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The first printing in this the first UK Hardback edition. Book is tight clean and square. Boards have light marking and bumps to foreedge corners, gilt perfect. Feels read, but binding is firm. Bumped to head and foot of spine, heavy toning to text block edges, very good condition. Price clipped jacket has crimping and creasing to edges. There is a 15mm split with rubbing and creasing to the top of the rear foreedge. The bottom edge of the rear panel has some lifting laminate. Overall a very good copy. This book is fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a quality addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A solid copy of this very uncommon Molendinar edition of Book three in The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, featuring the Peter Goodfellow wrap around jacket art. The Molendinar Donaldson hardbacks are difficult to find, and this copy looks very reasonable on the shelf in the fitted archival cover, and would make a great addition to a fantasy collection.
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- Bookseller
- Durdles Books (IOBA)
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006006
- Title
- The Power that Preserves (The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant Book 3)
- Author
- Donaldson, Stephen R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0904002489
- ISBN 13
- 9780904002485
- Publisher
- The Molendinar Press
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1980
- Pages
- 320
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fantasy;
- X weight
- 750 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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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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...
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