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The Dark is rising sequence (Over sea, under stone; The dark is rising; Greenwitch; The Grey King and Silver on the tree) 5 hardbacks, 3 ex-library, 2 first editions
by Cooper, Susan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Ibstock, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Bodley Head. Fair in Good dust jacket. 1984. Reprint. Hardcover. Five hardback books in bright dustjackets. Over sea: Ex-library, stamps on front endpaper and title page verso, pages age tanned, unclipped dustjacket & rubbed at edges, 242 pages. Dark: 2nd edition, published 1975 by Chatto & Windus, clean & tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, dustjacket creased and chipped at edges with minor loss at top of front cover, 216 pages, illustrations by Alan E. Cober. Greenwitch: 4th impression, published 1979 by Chatto and Windus, ex library with the usual stamps & stickers, price clipped dustjacket has stains on bottom edges, 148 pages. Grey: 1st edition, published 1975 by Chatto & Windus, ex library, unclipped dustjacket with a small stain at bottom of back cover/spine rubbed at the edges, 208 pages, illustrations by Michael Heslop. Silver: 1st edition, published 1977 by Chatto & Windus, clean & tightly bound hardback book, no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket, 270 pages. Heavy set so additional postage for an overseas order may be requested .
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- Seller
- Aucott & Thomas
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 68682
- Title
- The Dark is rising sequence (Over sea, under stone; The dark is rising; Greenwitch; The Grey King and Silver on the tree) 5 hardbacks, 3 ex-library, 2 first editions
- Author
- Cooper, Susan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Bodley Head
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- Fantasy, Susan Cooper, Arthurian legend, Mythology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction / Childrens;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Aucott & Thomas
Biblio member since 2003
Ibstock, Leicestershire
About Aucott & Thomas
We have been selling books by post since 1995. Apart from our specialist interests, we carry a constantly changing stock of around 5000 fiction and non-fiction books covering a wide range of subjects. We can supply lists of stock in any particular area of interest on request. http://www.aucott.com/
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Age Tanned
- Age tanning, or browning, occurs over time on the pages of books. This process can show up on just the edges of pages, when...
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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