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THE ROAD TAKEN
by Buerk, Michael
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0091799678
- ISBN 13
- 9780091799670
- Seller
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Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Hutchinson, 2004-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 453pp. (black spine) large 8vo. sized. Flat signed by the author to the title page and presented: 'To Edith Best wishes QE2 June '05' A very good, clean, tight copy in similar jacket. 2004. First impression with the number '1' in the number string to the copyright page. No other inscriptions. The upper rear board corner bumped, a light bump to the upper front board corner and the tail of the spine a little bumped. No other inscriptions. Bumps to the upper two board corners with some light associated creasing to the overlying jacket. A slight bump to the tail of the spine. The jacket has not been price-clipped - it has some slight creasing in places to the tail and some shelf wear to the jacket. A very good, clean, tight flat signed copy.
Synopsis
Born in Solihull in 1946, Michael Buerk began his journalistic career at the Bromsgrove Weekly Messenger . Now as the presenter of The Moral Maze as well as The Choice , he is one of the leading figures at the BBC. He lives in Guildford with his wife and has twin boys who both work as journalists. From the Hardcover edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU011037
- Title
- THE ROAD TAKEN
- Author
- Buerk, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0091799678
- ISBN 13
- 9780091799670
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2004-01-01
- X weight
- 28 oz
Terms of Sale
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- 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...
- Copyright page
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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.
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