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THE MANSION IN THE MIST
by Bellairs, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0803708459
- ISBN 13
- 9780803708457
- Seller
-
Chamblee, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
US: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Near Fine. First Edition. Quarter blue cloth over maroon paper-covered boards with gilt particulars and publisher's emblem to spine. In publisher's original pictorial dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Frontispiece by Edward Gorey is bright and intact. Text block is moderately foxed; endpages lightly foxed. Boards are clean and bright; light sunning to top edges. Spine is in near fine condition. Binding is tight and square. Dust jacket is clean and bright; flaps show light tanning and foxing around edges. Dust jacket is covered in a protective mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Atlanta Vintage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64071
- Title
- THE MANSION IN THE MIST
- Author
- Bellairs, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0803708459
- ISBN 13
- 9780803708457
- Publisher
- Dial Books for Young Readers
- Place of Publication
- US
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- Horror
Terms of Sale
Atlanta Vintage Books
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About the Seller
Atlanta Vintage Books
Biblio member since 2007
Chamblee, Georgia
About Atlanta Vintage Books
Welcome to Atlanta Vintage Books, serving book lovers locally and worldwide for over 30 years. Our 5,000 square foot book store houses over 70,000 vintage, rare and out of print books. You'll be greeted with a smile when you enter but left alone as you browse. Our staff is friendly, helpful and knowledgeable. Special orders are happily accommodated, as hard-to-find and out-of-print editions are a specialty. Our store is light and airy with plate glass windows letting in plenty of natural light and wonderfully decorated with antique display cases, old barrister bookcases, and wood book shelves. The wide aisles and scattered seating make browsing a joy. You'll wonder where the time went.
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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- Flap(s)
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- First Edition
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- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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....
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