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Wasp, Where Is Thy Sting?
by King, Florence
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable
- ISBN 10
- 0812821661
- ISBN 13
- 9780812821666
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Not Avail, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in acceptable condition. First edition, third printing. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Moderate wear to the dust jacket with some foxing and discoloration; dust jacket is price clipped. Moderate wear to the boards with some fading and bowing. Moderately cocked spine. Foxing along the text block. Binding is shaken but intact. Cleam interior pages. New mylar added to the dust jacket. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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- Bookseller
- ThriftBooks
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 736047796
- Title
- Wasp, Where Is Thy Sting?
- Author
- King, Florence
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0812821661
- ISBN 13
- 9780812821666
- Publisher
- Not Avail
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- New
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- 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....
- 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....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- 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...
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
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