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The Descent by Long, Jeff
- Bookseller: Callaghan Books South
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: 38835
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Fine
- Jacket condition: Very Fine
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0609602934
- ISBN 13: 9780609602935
- Publisher: Crown Publishers
- Place: New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date published: 1999
- Pages: 450
- Size: 6.5 x 9.75 x 1.5 inches
- Weight: 1.85 pounds
Description
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Crown Publishers, 1999. (1st, 1st) Large book, black boards, bright orange lettering on spine with logo, map inside covers and adjacent end papers of "Helios Sub-Pacific Passage," 450 pages, design at bottom of pages. DJ glossy black with raised illustration of hideous creature bathed in lime color at top front, embossed lime title, author's name in orange, praise on back from Jon Krakauer, Jonathan Rabb and others. One of the most chilling books I've read. DJ and book, both Very Fine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Fine/Very Fine.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding 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. Also known as the back.
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