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DC Comics : Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes
by Daniels, Les
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1852275464
- ISBN 13
- 9781852275464
- Seller
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About This Item
London, UK: Virgin Books, 1995. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 256pp. 600 colour illustrations. Blue paper-covered boards; blind embossed design on front, gilt titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine heel. Text block edges tanning. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has very minor shelf wear, light chipping to top edge, mirrors book damage, price unclipped. A large and heavy volume which will require an additional charge for overseas delivery. 4to. Comprehensive guide to the world's favourite heroes, sidekicks and villains and their talented, dedicated creators.
Synopsis
Les Daniels is the author of the best-selling M arvel: Five Fabulous Decades of the World’s Greatest Comics and Comix: A History of Comic Books in America . His fiction, three times nominated for a World Fantasy Award, includes the novels The Black Castle and No Blood Spilled . He lives in Providence, RI.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008036
- Title
- DC Comics : Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes
- Author
- Daniels, Les
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1852275464
- ISBN 13
- 9781852275464
- Publisher
- Virgin Books
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- Comic books, animation, cartoon strips, comics, D C Thompson
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
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Based in the leafy hamlet of Chartham Hatch, just a few miles from the historic Cathedral city of Canterbury, BookAddiction offers beautiful, illustrated and collectible used books and a selection of unique works on paper.BookAddiction was established in 1999 (originally trading as The Virtual Bookshelf). We are members of the book-selling co-operation, Ibooknet, which extends the highest professional and ethical standards, and are in the process of joining the Provincial Booksellers' Fairs Association (PBFA).Follow our blog, on books and book collecting at www.bookaddictionuk.wordpress.uk or visit our website at www.bookaddiction.co.uk.We welcome inquiries about our books and endeavour to respond promptly. Please ask away, Offers always welcome.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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