The South
by Colm Toibin
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670838705
- ISBN 13
- 9780670838707
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Viking, 1990. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Viking, 1990. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 238 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $18.95 price intact. Black and light blue boards stamped in copper. Gray endpapers. Remainder mark to bottom edge of text block.
Dust jacket rubbed along edges with some wear to extremities, rubbing to rear panel, and remnants of stickers to front and rear. Boards show light shelfwear. Binding is sound and, aside from remainder mark, pages unmarked.
Dust jacket rubbed along edges with some wear to extremities, rubbing to rear panel, and remnants of stickers to front and rear. Boards show light shelfwear. Binding is sound and, aside from remainder mark, pages unmarked.
Synopsis
Set in the 1950s, this is the story of Katherine Proctor who "flees husband, child and County Wexford (Ireland) for Spain. She, a Catalan lover, and another Irish emigre, painters all, fashion new worlds in their work while fighting past worlds in their lives." ( Library Journal )
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12843
- Title
- The South
- Author
- Colm Toibin
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670838705
- ISBN 13
- 9780670838707
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
Glossary
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Remainder Mark
- Usually an ink marking of some sort which indicates that the book was designated a remainder. In most cases, it can be found on...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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...