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A Time of Gifts
by Patrick Leigh Fermor
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/Poor
- ISBN 10
- 0060112247
- ISBN 13
- 9780060112240
- Seller
-
Waynesboro, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Harper & Row, 1977. First Edition. Cloth. Fair/Poor. First US Edition, First Printing. DJ has many chips, tears, taped, unclipped. Wear at spine and edges with some toning. Text block is cracked at hinge in center of book but still tight, 291 pgs. Marginalia in pencil throughout
Synopsis
Leigh Fermor walked from London to Budapest when he was 18. Sometimes called England's greatest travel writer.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Stone Soup Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55069
- Title
- A Time of Gifts
- Author
- Patrick Leigh Fermor
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0060112247
- ISBN 13
- 9780060112240
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- Ny
- Date Published
- 1977
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Stone Soup Books
Biblio member since 2015
Waynesboro, Virginia
About Stone Soup Books
Stone Soup Books, located at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains in downtown Waynesboro, Virginia offers brick and mortar book shopping by appointment, personalized bookselling, book scouting services, & event bookselling services. We love to connect books with people who love them.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Marginalia
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- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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....
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