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The Child Buyer
by John Hersey
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/VG
- Seller
-
Roseburg, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Black cloth covered boards with facsimile Author initials in gilt on front cover. Gilt lettering on spine. Water stain on top of text block affecting some pages with blue stain marks. Pages are not wrinkled, and this had very little effect on integrity of text. Images on request. No other defects noted.
DJ has slight age toning. Original price of $4.00 intact. DJ in VG condition, except for two tiny open tears on spine and on the top of the front cover.
The Child Buyer was shortlisted for the National Book Award in 1961.
Mylar protected.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bonnie Lane Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 01-24-2023-02
- Title
- The Child Buyer
- Author
- John Hersey
- Format/Binding
- Tight
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First (1st and 2nd printing before publication) 1960
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- ALFred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1960
- Pages
- 257
- Size
- 8 1/2" x 5 11/16"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Speculative fiction gifted children, and the pubic education system
Terms of Sale
Bonnie Lane Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Bonnie Lane Books
Biblio member since 2022
Roseburg, Oregon
About Bonnie Lane Books
online book business specializing in First Editions, Native American literature, Poetry, and American History, BonnieLaneBooks is a husband and wife part-nership. We love books and respect our book-loving community. All images are photos of the exact book you will receive. We never use stock photos. We pride ourselves on truthful and complete descriptions of condition and conduct thorough research on edition. Our prices are competitive, with same day shipping on most orders. All books are mylar covered and are shipped in careful protective wrapping. Prompt e-mail communication with us is our standard. Thank you.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- 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...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- 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...
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