A Pattern of Islands
by Arthur Grimble
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/near fine
- Seller
-
Wellington, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
John Murray, 1952. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Aqua cloth covered boards with white titles to spine. The original price clipped dust jacket has been folded and placed in the rear of the book. This has possibly been trimmed at top as it is about 2 mm shorter than the book. There is also a Daily mail book of the month sash "Book of the month". and a large flyer advertising another of Grimble's books. octavo, 2pp map, viii + 250pp,
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Last Word (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1863
- Title
- A Pattern of Islands
- Author
- Arthur Grimble
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First printing
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Date Published
- 1952
Terms of Sale
The Last Word
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About the Seller
The Last Word
Biblio member since 2009
Wellington
About The Last Word
Dealer in good quality books. Especially Man Booker Prize winners - signed first editions, vintage childrens\\\' books and important New Zealand books such as those by Janet Frame. Prices are not set in stone - contact me if you want to haggle or submit a reasonable offer.
Glossary
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- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...