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The Far Side of the World
by O'Brian, Patrick
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0002227118
- ISBN 13
- 9780002227117
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Collins. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 0002227118 . Green cloth titled in gilt. First British edition. Very slightly cocked, touch of foxing to top textblock edge, slight toning to pages else a tight unmarked copy. The DJ in mylar is price clipped, with price sticker to flap, as usual with this first edition, else fine. ; 8.39 X 5.43 X 1.26 inches .
Synopsis
The Far Side of the World (1984) is an historical novel and tenth in the Aubrey-Maturin series. It was first published by HarperCollins in 1984. The novel provided part of the title and some of plot-structure for the 2003 Peter Weir film, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.
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- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19948
- Title
- The Far Side of the World
- Author
- O'Brian, Patrick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0002227118
- ISBN 13
- 9780002227117
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- 0002227118
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- 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...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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