New York: the Viking Press 1965, 1st edition. (hardcover) 250p. Fine in near fine dust jacket. ADVANCE REVIEW COPY. 8vo. Green paper boards with buff cloth spine; lettering in orange and dark green to spine. Top edge coloured orange. Dust jacket mylar protected; NOT price clipped; age toning, as usual; light chipping to head and heel of spine. With label on ffep of Willis Kingsley Wing, Author's Representative, giving the publication date. Though unindicated, this was Canadian film director Harvey Hart's copy, who may have been considering it for film adaptation..

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Seller: Spafford Books (CA)
Seller's Inventory #: 119516
Title: The Emperor of Ice Cream
Author: Moore, Brian
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: the Viking Press
Place of Publication: New York
Keywords: Canadian Literature, Literature

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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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Advance Review Copy: Advance Review Copy, a specially printed copy of the book, generally paperback, which has been produced and distributed by the...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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....
Heel: The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
FFEP: A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...