A crack in the edge of the world: America and the great California earthquake of 1906
by Simon Winchester
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/very good +
- ISBN 10
- 0060571993
- ISBN 13
- 9780060571993
- Seller
-
Gridley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper Collins, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. 1/4 cloth. Near fine/very good +. Near fine first edition, first printing in a very good dust jacket. Black quarter cloth over paper boards with fascimile signature in red foil. Interesting dustjacket (first issue) that folds out to a fascimile broadside. Dust jacket showing minute tears top edge, otherwise very good. 462, [i] pp. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Uncommon Works (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 184
- Title
- A crack in the edge of the world: America and the great California earthquake of 1906
- Author
- Simon Winchester
- Format/Binding
- 1/4 cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0060571993
- ISBN 13
- 9780060571993
- Publisher
- Harper Collins
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- california, west, earthquake, seismic, fault, de fuca, geology
- Bookseller catalogs
- California & the West;
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About the Seller
Uncommon Works
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Gridley, California
About Uncommon Works
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Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...