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Scorn: A Bucketful of Discourtesy, Disparagement, Invective, Ridicule, Impudence, Contumely, Derision, Hate, Affront, Disdain, Bile, Taunts, Curses And Jibes
by Parris, Matthew
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- GD++/VG/GD++
- ISBN 10
- 024113384X
- ISBN 13
- 9780241133842
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK, SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st.* Imp: 1st. Full number line.* Date of Publication: 1994* Publisher: Hamish Hamilton.* Binding and cover condition: Crimson cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, minimal shelf wear to upper & lower edges and to head and tail of spine. VG* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper, crimson and black titles to spine and face. Price clipped, showing no shelf price (Can $16.99). Small nick at head, (now re-inforced). Some slight shelf wear to top edge and to head of spine. Spine faded. GD++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, some age & slight marks to all edges, otherwise no visible faults. GD++.* Illustrations: Single b/w line drawn sketch to introduction.* Pages: 230 pp. text. xiii pp., index & blank pages at rear.* Description: Brings together classic and modern jibes, well-known and obsure, from anatomy and race to smells and age and will be a guide for those in search of the ultimate put-down.* A NEAR VG text copy of the 1st/1st fnl. with some age and shelf wear reducing it to GD++.*
Synopsis
Philip Pullman is the award-winning author of the bestselling His Dark Materials trilogy. He lives in Oxford, England.
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2924
- Title
- Scorn: A Bucketful of Discourtesy, Disparagement, Invective, Ridicule, Impudence, Contumely, Derision, Hate, Affront, Disdain, Bile, Taunts, Curses And Jibes
- Author
- Parris, Matthew
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - GD++/VG/GD++
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st. Edn, 1st. Imp. FNL.
- ISBN 10
- 024113384X
- ISBN 13
- 9780241133842
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London UK 256
- Date Published
- 1994-10-07
- Size
- 11.8 x 2.5 x 16.4 cm
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- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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