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Earth and Fire
by Bienek, Horst
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0689119925
- ISBN 13
- 9780689119927
- Seller
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Chagrin Falls, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Atheneum Books, 1988. Hardcover. Good/Good. Good ; Good Jacket. 1988 Atheneum Books. First printing. Full number line on verso. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Translated by Ralph Manheim. Hardcover has gray paper-covered boards with red cloth-covered spine and silver spine lettering. 257 pages. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Interior of dust jacket, covers, endpapers and first and last few pages have some light moisture staining at the bottom edges; pages are not otherwise affected. Page edges have a couple of small smudges, and a very small stain. Pages unmarked. Las 10 pages have a very soft vertical crease. Dust jacket has overall surface rubbing, chipped and nicked edges, and small tears; end flap is creased. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.
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- Bookseller
- SmarterRat Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11484
- Title
- Earth and Fire
- Author
- Bienek, Horst
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0689119925
- ISBN 13
- 9780689119927
- Publisher
- Atheneum Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
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