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Tulku
by DICKINSON, Peter [signed]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- F/F
- Seller
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Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. F/F. First Edition, First Impression. 13.5 x 20.4 cm blue boards with gilt stamped titles to the spine, 286(2)pp, with original unclipped dust jacket designed by Tudor Humphries with Carnegie Medal sticker on front panel and priced at 4.50. Signed, inscribed and dated on the title page by the author. A fine, clean, bright book. The dust jacket, which is now protected in a removable clear jacket (not shown in our images), is also in excellent condition, noting only a hint of toning on the top edge of the jacket flaps and a hint of rubbing to the laminate on the top joint. A really lovely signed 1st edition copy of this highly regarded and multiple award winning book. Winner of the 1979 Carnegie Medal for outstanding children's book, Whitbread Children's and Guardian Children's Fiction Awards. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 201208
- Title
- Tulku
- Author
- DICKINSON, Peter [signed]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F/F
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz Ltd
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- Fantasy|Childrens|Winner|Signed
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Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
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About the Seller
Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
Biblio member since 2020
Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
About Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
Rainford & Parris Books is a small family business based on the Hertfordshire / Essex border, close to London Stansted Airport. We are full time professional bookdealers specialising mainly in Modern First Editions, Children's Books, Illustrated Books and Nineteenth Century Literature, as well as assorted fine and interesting books. When describing our books we attempt to list all significant defects to a high degree of precision, so that you can build an accurate idea of their condition. We supplement our description with images and are always happy to provide further images or information. All books are very carefully packaged in a new book-box so that they reach you in the condition described.
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- Inscribed
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- Jacket
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- Title Page
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- Flap(s)
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- Spine
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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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Fine
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