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WHERE TIME WINDS BLOW
by HOLDSTOCK, ROBERT
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York, N.Y.: A TIMESCAPE BOOK, 1981. Book Club Edition. Boards. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo, camel hair-colored boards with light blue lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with cragy-&-otherworldly art by Ron Walotski, 250 pages. Robert Holdstock (1948 - 2009) was an English novelist and author best known for his works of Celtic, Nordic, Gothic and Pictish fantasy literature, predominantly in the fantasy subgenre of mythic fiction. His science fiction and fantasy works explore philosophical, psychological, anthropological, spiritual and woodland themes. <br/> <br/> He received three BSFA awards (one being for the novella/short story "Mythago Wood" in 1981, (the same year that this novel was written); and he then won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel of 1985.<br/> <br/> Where the Winds Blow was originally published in England by Faber & Faber.<br/> <br/> SUPERIOR COPY: tight, clean, and bright. Dust jacket (unclipped) is brilliant and unfaded with slight traces of rubbing on its rear panel and edges. No previous owner or remainder marks.
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Details
- Seller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 5840
- Title
- WHERE TIME WINDS BLOW
- Author
- HOLDSTOCK, ROBERT
- Format/Binding
- Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A TIMESCAPE BOOK
- Place of Publication
- New York, N.Y.
- Date Published
- 1981
Terms of Sale
Borg Antiquarian
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Remainder
- Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder...
- 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...
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- 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....
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