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Shedding Skin
by Ward, Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Good
- Seller
-
Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harper & Row, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 5-3/8 x 8-1/2". 244 pp. Cover: Boards in yellow canvas with brown lettering on spine and the year 1817 (publishers founded in 1817) stamped on bottom right-hand corner of cover. Other than subtle bumps on head and tail of spine, the exterior is in near fine condition. Book pages have deckled edges. Interior: A previous owner has made a note on the rfep, else in near fine condition. Jacket condition: Slight tear on head and tail close to hinge, with general signs of use from time. Otherwise a very good copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Minotavros Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000095
- Title
- Shedding Skin
- Author
- Ward, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- Youth culture, Social Studies, Novel, Robert Ward
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Minotavros Books
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All prices listed in Canadian dollars. We guarantee that all items are properly packaged and handled with care. Please allow one to two business days for your order to be shipped. Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required. All sales will be shipped with a tracking number for your convenience.
About the Seller
Minotavros Books
Biblio member since 2018
Whitby, Ontario
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- RFEP
- The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book from the rear. It may be...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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