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The Book of Three
by Lloyd Alexander
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Heinemann, 1966. Hardcover. Acceptable/Good. 1966. First English Edition. 188 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Ex-Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. No front free endpaper. Frontispiece art coloured in. Light foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and rear free endpaper. Light cracking and creasing to gutters; some slight looseness to binding. Pencil scribbles to gutter of page 30; text unaffected. Upper text block edge water stained, occasional marginal stains but text is unaffected. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear. Spine has soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt is bright. Unclipped, laminated dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall. Some sunning in places. Library sticker to spine.
Synopsis
The Book of Three is the first of Lloyd Alexander's five-part novel series The Chronicles of Prydain. Inspired by Welsh mythology, it follows the adventures of Taran, a boy in the care of the enchanter Dallben, as he enters manhood while fighting the forces of the evil Arawn Death-Lord.
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Details
- Seller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1694161349MEP
- Title
- The Book of Three
- Author
- Lloyd Alexander
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Date Published
- 1966
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....
- 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.
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