THE VISITORS
by Townsend, John Rowe
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0397317522
- ISBN 13
- 9780397317523
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First American Edition (published in the United Kingdom as The Xanadu Manuscript). Visitors from the future complicate the lives of several inhabitants of Cambridge, England in this young adult novel. Inscribed and dated by the author on the front flyleaf. Original salmon cloth binding, with gilt titles. Some general rubbing and edgewear to the dust jacket; otherwise a very good copy. Inscribed by Author.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47845
- Title
- THE VISITORS
- Author
- Townsend, John Rowe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0397317522
- ISBN 13
- 9780397317523
- Publisher
- J.B. Lippincott Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia and New York
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- Children's Literature, Signed Copy
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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"...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...