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The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
by Mitchell, David
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Issued Without Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0340921560
- ISBN 13
- 9780340921562
- Seller
-
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Sceptre, 2010. 1st Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Issued Without Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition ninth printing. Hardback book is tight and clean with a slight lean. Boards sharp and clean, gilt perfect. Text block clean, with light toning to edges. Feels lightly read. Bump to foot of spine, very good condition. No jacket as issued. For grading accuracy books are photographed without a protective book cover. This book is fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a quality addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A solid example of this collectible title.
Synopsis
David Mitchell is the award-winning and bestselling author of The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, Black Swan Green, Cloud Atlas, Number9Dream, and Ghostwritten . Twice shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, Mitchell was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time in 2007. With KA Yoshida, Mitchell co-translated from the Japanese the international bestselling memoir The Reason I Jump . He lives in Ireland with his wife and two children.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Durdles Books (IOBA)
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005214
- Title
- The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
- Author
- Mitchell, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Issued Without Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 5th or later Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0340921560
- ISBN 13
- 9780340921562
- Publisher
- Sceptre
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2010
- Pages
- 480
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- cloud atlas General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction;
- X weight
- 949 g
Terms of Sale
Durdles Books (IOBA)
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. All books, where possible, are sent by signed and tracked services and our postage prices reflect this. We cannot normally send to overseas PO Box addresses. Purchasers may need to provide a phone number for heavier or valuable items as per our courier requirements. We only use airmail for overseas orders, we will not use surface mail.
About the Seller
Durdles Books (IOBA)
Biblio member since 2018
Birmingham, West Midlands
About Durdles Books (IOBA)
Durdles Books is an online bookshop that specialises in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Modern Firsts and Genre Fiction. We also have books in many other categories and think our stock is both varied and interesting. We are constantly busy sourcing new stock in great condition, as collectors ourselves we appreciate that there is nothing like finding a lovely copy of a book that is on "the list". We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), so you can be assured of our commitment to good bookselling practices and customer service.
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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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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