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The Blood of Abraham: Insights into the Middle East
by Carter, Jimmy
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0395377226
- ISBN 13
- 9780395377222
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1985-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. Signed by Author. Inscribed by Carter on FFEP: "To James Chellis J Carter" Full number line, with D in front. Brown cloth boards show minor wear to edges from shelving. Mild bumping to either end of spine. Gilt lettering on spine and front still bright. Pages show light reading wear but remain clean and sharp cornered; edges of text block show traces of soil on top and leading edges. Full color dust jacket in mylar is unclipped, clean, with medium shelfwear rubbing, but still bright.
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- Bookseller
- Chaparral Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- PARScaterBA
- Title
- The Blood of Abraham: Insights into the Middle East
- Author
- Carter, Jimmy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0395377226
- ISBN 13
- 9780395377222
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1985-01-01
- Size
- 9x6x1
- X weight
- 48 oz
Terms of Sale
Chaparral Books
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About the Seller
Chaparral Books
Biblio member since 2015
Portland, Oregon
About Chaparral Books
Chaparral Books is located across from Elephant's Deli on S Corbett Avenue in Portland. We have a well rounded collection of subjects, including an extensive core collection in Western Americana and Native American Literature including Western Writers.
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
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