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The House of the Solitary Maggot
by Purdy, James
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0720606624
- ISBN 13
- 9780720606621
- Seller
-
La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Peter Owen Publishers. A beautiful crisp clean hardcover copy in very good condition, light shelfwear to edges of boards. DJ in very good condition with small closed tear near spine head and faint rubbing, now in protective mylar cover. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1986.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Maxwell's House of Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 052846
- Title
- The House of the Solitary Maggot
- Author
- Purdy, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0720606624
- ISBN 13
- 9780720606621
- Publisher
- Peter Owen Publishers
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1986
- Pages
- 362
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- FIRST EDITION JAMES PURDY BLACK WITH OFFWHITE AND YELLOW LETTERING KCA0818
Terms of Sale
Maxwell's House of Books
Full refund including original shipping costs for up to 15 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Maxwell's House of Books
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La Mesa, California
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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....
- 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...