The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida: Winner of the Booker Prize 2022
by Shehan Karunatilaka
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Sort of Books, 2022. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 2022. First Published in Great Britain. 386 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial dust jacket over purple cloth with gilt lettering. Flatsigned by author to title page. Pages are bright and clear with mild tanning and subtle chipping to text block edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining and scuffing overall. Spine has light sunning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing and tearing to edges. Some minor creasing and scuffing overall.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1709297279IEV
- Title
- The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida: Winner of the Booker Prize 2022
- Author
- Shehan Karunatilaka
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Sort of Books
- Date Published
- 2022
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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Flatsigned
- A flatsigned book is signed, and not inscribed, directly on a page of the book, rather than on a bookplate or with an...