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City of Joy
by La Pierre, Dominique; Spink, Kathryn (translator)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Poor
- ISBN 10
- 0385189524
- ISBN 13
- 9780385189521
- Seller
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Houlton, Maine, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1985 This hardcover is in VERY GOOD CONDITION. 464 pages bound in cloth & paper over boards. Has slight sun fade to upper edge of spine. BINDING AND HINGES STRONG AND TIGHT. Dust jacket in poor condition, with tears and chips, protected in a mylar cover. In order to tell the saga of this remarkable place in India, Lapierre immersed himself in living in the City of Joy. The poorest and most over-populated areas of Calcutta. Excellant writing & reading. VERY GOOD TIGHT COPY. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS OR MARKINGS.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Monroe Bridge Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000235
- Title
- City of Joy
- Author
- La Pierre, Dominique; Spink, Kathryn (translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0385189524
- ISBN 13
- 9780385189521
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Co., Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- CALCUTTA INDIA HISTORY "Mother Teresa"
- Bookseller catalogs
- HISTORY;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Monroe Bridge Books
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About the Seller
Monroe Bridge Books
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Houlton, Maine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...