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The Continent of Lies
by James Morrow
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0575036591
- ISBN 13
- 9780575036598
- Seller
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Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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About This Item
First UK Edition. First Impression. Victor Gollancz (London), 1985. Octavo. Hardcover, red cloth to boards, gilt lettering to title. Octavo. 274 pp. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Free from marking. Unclipped. Binding tight and square. Small price sticker ghost to corner of dust jacket at front.
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- Bookseller
- Quinn Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17
- Title
- The Continent of Lies
- Author
- James Morrow
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, red cloth to boards, gilt lettering to title
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First UK Edition. First Impression.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0575036591
- ISBN 13
- 9780575036598
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1985
- Pages
- 274
- Size
- Octavo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy;
Terms of Sale
Quinn Rare 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
Quinn Rare Books
Biblio member since 2023
Dublin, Dublin
About Quinn Rare Books
We specialise in rare and out of print books of Irish interest. We are book collectors ourselves and strive to offer buyers the best value for the highest quality books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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