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High Rise
by Ballard, J.G
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Seller
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Kingscliff, New South Wales, Australia
Item Price
$364.04$273.03
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Edges and endpapers lightly foxed. Light sticker ghost on lower front blurb. Top edge of jacket slightly worn on top egde of upper rear blurb, minute nick to front panel near fore edge ; Original blue papered boards, spine gilt, top edge blue. Overall an excellent copy in like dustjacket ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 204 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Haymes & Co.
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B4266
- Title
- High Rise
- Author
- Ballard, J.G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- Modern First, Science Fiction
Terms of Sale
Haymes & Co.
Al l books are sold as complete or as otherwise described. Any item found to be not as described may be returned within 7 days of purchase.
About the Seller
Haymes & Co.
Biblio member since 2022
Kingscliff, New South Wales
About Haymes & Co.
Haymes & Co. are 6th generation antiquarian booksellers. Our foundations trace back to Rotterdam, Holland, in the early 19th century.
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- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- 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...
- Blurb
- The blurb refers to the commentary that appears on the dust jacket flaps or the rear of the dustjacket. In the case of a...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....
- 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...
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