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Seed Beneath the Sow
by Silone, Ignazio
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-/Fair
- Seller
-
Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good-/Fair. Re-print, translated from the Italian by Frances Frenaye. Red cloth with gilt titling to spine, 384 pages. Light shelf wear, a superficial damp stain showing as a shadow on the back board and a tiny spot of bleeding inside, darkening to textblock edge, previous owner's name to ffep. Dust jacket shows sunning to spine, shelf and edge wear including rubbing, piece missing to top of spine. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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Details
- Bookseller
- Black Sheep Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016936
- Title
- Seed Beneath the Sow
- Author
- Silone, Ignazio
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- ITALIAN FICTION, LITERATURE, RE-PRINT, ENGLISH TRANSLATION,
Terms of Sale
Black Sheep Books
Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
About the Seller
Black Sheep Books
Biblio member since 2004
Salt Spring Island, British Columbia
About Black Sheep Books
We are an independent, locally-owned shop dedicated to books and the people who love them. Here you will find two floors packed with volumes of enduring value, including familiar favourites, contemporary fiction, guides, books of local interest, and non-fiction titles covering everything from outer space to inner peace. We also have marine charts, art cards, unique prints, hand-crafted bags, and many other intriguing items. Located at Grace Point Square in the Village of Ganges, close to marinas and Salt Spring\'s renowned Saturday Market, we are open every day except Christmas and New Year\'s. If you want to pick-up a book you saw online, please call or e-mail ahead as many of our listings are kept in a separate storage facility.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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