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Cripple Mah and the New Order
by C. Y. Lee
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable/Good
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
W.H. Allen, 1962. Hardcover. Acceptable/Good. 1962. First Edition Thus. 206 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Illustrated laminated dust jacket over red cloth with gilt lettering. Ex-Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Noticeable staining, foxing and tanning to pages; text unaffected. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Light cracking to gutters; some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tape staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has minor tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.
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Details
- Seller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1693565178DPB
- Title
- Cripple Mah and the New Order
- Author
- C. Y. Lee
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- W.H. Allen
- Date Published
- 1962
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
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- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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