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Riding with Rilke : Reflections on Motorcycles and Books (Uncorrected and Unpublished Proofs -- Confidential)
by Bishop, Ted
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0670063851
- ISBN 13
- 9780670063857
- Seller
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Toronto, ON, Canada: Penguin Books Canada, Limited, 2005. As new except tiny corner bumps. Spine straight and uncreased. Interior tight, unmarked, crisp, apparently unread. Front cover states "Uncorrected and Unpublished Proofs -- Confidential", so may have differences with the published first edition. 255 pp.. Proof. Trade Paperback. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Uncorrected Proof.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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- Seller
- First Used Books
(CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 004057
- Title
- Riding with Rilke : Reflections on Motorcycles and Books (Uncorrected and Unpublished Proofs -- Confidential)
- Author
- Bishop, Ted
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- Proof
- ISBN 10
- 0670063851
- ISBN 13
- 9780670063857
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Canada, Limited
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, ON, Canada
- Date Published
- 2005
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Essays - Autobiography Canadian Travel MOTORCYCLING TEACHERS BIOGRAPHY Memoir
- Bookseller catalogs
- Essays; Autobiography; Travel;
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About the Seller
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Crisp
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- Uncorrected Proof
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Spine
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