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Grimus

by RUSHDIE SALMAN

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About This Item

London: Gollancz, 1975. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Publisher's lilac boards with gilt spine lettering. Offsetting to both sets of end-papers and light foxing to the page block edges otherwise a VG+ copy in like slightly spine-faded D/W. Importantly, the D/W is NOT price-clipped. First book

Synopsis

Grimus is a 1975 fantasy and science fiction novel written by Salman Rushdie. The story loosely follows Flapping Eagle, a young Indian who receives the gift of immortality after drinking a magic fluid. After drinking the fluid, Flapping Eagle wanders the earth for 777 years 7 months and 7 days, searching for his immortal sister and exploring identities before falling through a hole in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Bookseller
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA. GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
355490717452
Title
Grimus
Author
RUSHDIE SALMAN
Format/Binding
Hard Cover
Book Condition
Used
Jacket Condition
Dust Jacket
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Gollancz
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1975

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James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.

Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 4 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
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About James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.

James M Pickard (Rare Books) is proud to be a full member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) and The Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA).

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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...
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...
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....
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...
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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