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Video Night in Kathmandu and Other Reports from the Not-So-Far East by Iyer, Pico
- Bookseller: Portsmouth Books
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: 000022
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Jacket condition: Very Good
- Edition: First Edition, First Printing
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0394550277
- ISBN 13: 9780394550275
- Publisher: Knopf
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1988
- Pages: 376
Description
New York: Knopf, 1988. Jacket has some rubbing to front and rear panels, edges are showing shelfwear as well, and there is some bleeding of the blue cloth which is staining the inside of jacket at spine, due to moisture. The stain is not noticeable from the outside. Hard cover at spine and rear bottom shows fading due to moisture. There is rubbing and shelfwear throughout. Otherwise still a decent copy of author's first book.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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 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.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
shelfwear : Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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