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Icarus
by Andrews, Russell
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG++/F/VG++
- ISBN 10
- 0316857556
- ISBN 13
- 9780316857550
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK "RARELY AVAILABLE OUTSIDE THE US," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus. Reprint/Revised. * Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2001* Publisher: Little Brown & Co.* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: Colour text illustrated dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £9.99. Slight shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, absolutely minimal paper colouration. VG++* Illustrations: Colour & b/w photos, prints and line drawings throughout. * Pages: 402 pp. text.* Description: When a burglary goes wrong on the opening night of his new restaurant, Jack Keller is left a widower and suffering from several bullet wounds. It is Kid, who Jack once regarded as a son, who bullies him back from self-pity. When Kid is found dead, Jack knows he owes him and begins to investigate.* A NEAR FINE copy of the 1st./1st. with only minor faults reducing it to VG++*
Synopsis
Three Cups of Tea is a New York Times bestselling book by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin published by Penguin in 2006. The book describes Mortenson's transition from a mountain-climber to a humanitarian committed to reducing poverty and educating girls in Pakistan and Afghanistan. He did this by co-founding the Central Asia Institute, which has built over 131 schools in the most remote areas of the countries, educating over 58,000 students.
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4600
- Title
- Icarus
- Author
- Andrews, Russell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG++/F/VG++
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st. Edn, 1st. Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 0316857556
- ISBN 13
- 9780316857550
- Publisher
- Little, Brown
- Place of Publication
- London 416
- Date Published
- 2001-05-03
- Size
- 23.4 x 15.8 x 3.8 cm
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- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- New
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- Edges
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- Fine
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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...
- Price Clipped
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
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