The Booker Book
by Brett, Simon
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0283996315
- ISBN 13
- 9780283996313
- Seller
-
Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1989. First Reprint in November of the September published First Edition. Black cloth, gilt lettering on spine. 154pp. Small mark on fore edge of text block. Unclipped DJ is lightly rubbed on edges with 2 small tears. A brilliant parody of each of the prize-winning novels in the Booker's history, the nuances of each writer perfectly captured.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- All Booked
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001026
- Title
- The Booker Book
- Author
- Brett, Simon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0283996315
- ISBN 13
- 9780283996313
- Publisher
- Sidgwick & Jackson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- Literature Fiction History Parody Humour
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
- Size
- 8vo
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
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