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Perdido Street Station
by Mieville, China
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0333781724
- ISBN 13
- 9780333781722
- Seller
-
Salem, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Macmillan UK, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x2x9. Signed. First printing with number line to 1. Signed by Mieville on a bookplate, adhered at half title. Black boards with silver spine titling, very good with light scuffing and edgewear, lightly bumped spine head. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket very good in Mylar with staining to back cover, lightly bumped spine ends. Text unmarked.
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
- The Book Bin (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BBS-2019862
- Title
- Perdido Street Station
- Author
- Mieville, China
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0333781724
- ISBN 13
- 9780333781722
- Publisher
- Macmillan UK
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2000
- Size
- 6x2x9
- X weight
- 42 oz
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- Jacket
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- Half Title
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- First Edition
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- Bookplate
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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....
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...