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A SINGLE PEBBLE
by JOHN HERSEY
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Used; Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394445627
- ISBN 13
- 9780394445625
- Seller
-
Haines City, Florida, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
N EW YORK: ALFRED A. KNOPF, 1956. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Very Good/Used; Good . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 181 PP CLEAN AND BRIGHT BINDING TIGHT BEIGE CLOTH COVER WITH GREEN WRITING AND TRIM SOME FOXING TO SPINE , DUST JACKET IS UNCLIPPED PRICE AND SOME WEAR AROUND EDGES AND SPINE. - A young American engineer sent to China to inspect the unruly Yangtze River travels up through the river"s gorges searching for dam sites who goes to work at the Yangtze. The story covers his insights on the human condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Books Music Videos 4 U
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ABBK12294
- Title
- A SINGLE PEBBLE
- Author
- JOHN HERSEY
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Used; Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION
- ISBN 10
- 0394445627
- ISBN 13
- 9780394445625
- Publisher
- ALFRED A. KNOPF
- Place of Publication
- N EW YORK
- Date Published
- 1956
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"
- Keywords
- NOVEL- FICTION- LITERATURE-YANTZE RIVER- CHINA- DAM-
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature & Fiction:Period Literature:Contemporary;
- X weight
- 34 oz
Terms of Sale
Books Music Videos 4 U
Will ship within 2 business days. Returnable if damaged or not as described, including postage, prompt refund.
About the Seller
Books Music Videos 4 U
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Haines City, Florida
About Books Music Videos 4 U
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Glossary
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- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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