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The Malediction
by Giono, Jean
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Museum Press , 1955. First British Edition. Translated from the French by Peter De Mendelssohn. Red cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 157pp. Spine has small area of fading to top edge. Trace of foxing around outer edges. Binding is square and tight. DJ has price intact, shelfwear, small paper loss to top edge of spine, one tear to top edge of front hinge, foxing on reverse. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- All Booked
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003828
- Title
- The Malediction
- Author
- Giono, Jean
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Museum Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Historical Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Historical Fiction;
- Size
- 12mo
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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