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Perdido Street Station (1st/1st Signed Association copy)
by Mieville,China
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0333781724
- ISBN 13
- 9780333781722
- Seller
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Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan, 2000. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing. Book is tight clean and square. Boards sharp and clean, gilt perfect. Feels lightly read. Head of spine lightly bumped. Off white text block edges and top edge has patterned toning, probably due to storage in a plastic crate (see images). Feels lightly read. Near fine condition. Jacket clean, no tears, has some minor crimping to edges and at head of spine. Jacket grades near fine. Signed and dedicated to title page by the author. For grading accuracy books are photographed without a protective book cover. This book is fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a quality addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A near fine signed example of this collectible first edition first printing book. This copy is signed and dedicated to the title page, "To Peter / Thank you so much for / everything. I owe you / enormous gratitude - more than / I can say / China". This volume comes from the collection of Peter Laverey, who was China Mieville's editor at Pan MacMilian, a unique association copy for a collector. To browse the rest of our extensive China Mieville's listings search using the keyword: Durdchina
Synopsis
Perdido Street Station is the second published novel by China Miéville, and the first in a series that is set in the fictional world of Bas-Lag, a world where both magic (referred to as 'thaumaturgy') and steampunk technology exist. Perdido Street Station is set in Bas-Lag's large city-state of New Crobuzon. The novel was nominated for the 2002 Nebula Award for Best Novel and Hugo Award for Best Novel. It won the British Fantasy Society's August Derleth Award in 2000, the Arthur C.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Durdles Books (IOBA)
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007648
- Title
- Perdido Street Station (1st/1st Signed Association copy)
- Author
- Mieville,China
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0333781724
- ISBN 13
- 9780333781722
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2000
- Pages
- 704
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
- X weight
- 1550 g
Terms of Sale
Durdles Books (IOBA)
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About the Seller
Durdles Books (IOBA)
Biblio member since 2018
Birmingham, West Midlands
About Durdles Books (IOBA)
Durdles Books is an online bookshop that specialises in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Modern Firsts and Genre Fiction. We also have books in many other categories and think our stock is both varied and interesting. We are constantly busy sourcing new stock in great condition, as collectors ourselves we appreciate that there is nothing like finding a lovely copy of a book that is on "the list". We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), so you can be assured of our commitment to good bookselling practices and customer service.
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- Text Block
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- First Edition
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- 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.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Association Copy
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