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Serpent's Reach
by C. J. Cherryh
- Used
- poor
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Poor/Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0356085155
- ISBN 13
- 9780356085159
- Seller
-
Salem, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
First British Edition. Poor condition, ex-library, usual markings, etc. Dust jacket has library stickers and chips, tape repairs on the back, now in new removable protective cover. Blue boards with gold print on spine; boards are heavily worn - cardboard showing; tape residue; tail of spine is chipped; spine leans. Pages have usual markings, and binding is broken between pages 148 and 153. Macdonald hard cover with dust jacket, ISBN: 9780356085159, 334 pages, cover art by Tim White. 8vo (5" x 8") First UK edition, preceded by two US editions: a book club original first edition, and a DAW paperback reprint. 7th place, 1981 Locus Poll Award, Best SF Novel.
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Details
- Seller
- Bujoldfan
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 090617019780356085159ar
- Title
- Serpent's Reach
- Author
- C. J. Cherryh
- Illustrator
- Tim White
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st UK
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0356085155
- ISBN 13
- 9780356085159
- Publisher
- Macdonald
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- Union-Alliance Universe
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction / Fantasy;
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
Bujoldfan
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Bujoldfan
Biblio member since 2017
Salem, Oregon
About Bujoldfan
All books ship in boxes, and are packed with care. I will happily supply images of any item in advance of purchase, please ask.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- 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"...
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