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The Travelling Horn Player (Signed)
by Trapido, Barbara
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0241136946
- ISBN 13
- 9780241136942
- Seller
-
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1998. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing. Hardback book is tight clean and square. Boards sharp and clean, title gilt perfect. Text block clean, with light toning to edges, slightly darker on top edge. Feels lightly read. Previous booksellers pencil price to title page. Minor bump to head and foot of spine, near fine condition. Jacket some minor crimping to top edge. Light handling marks to the gloss. Signed and dated without inscription to title page. Overall very good close to near fine. For grading accuracy books are photographed without a protective book cover. This book is fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a worthy addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A solid example of this collectible first edition first printing title, signed by the author to the title page.
Synopsis
Barbara Trapido was born and educated in South Africa and moved to London in 1963. She now lives in Oxford with her family. Her first novel, Brother of the More Famous Jack , one of the most highly acclaimed first novels of the eighties, was awarded a special prize for fiction at the Whitbread Awards in 1982; her second novel was Noah's Ark , published in 1985; while her third, Temples of Delight , to which Juggling , published in 1994, is a sequel, was shortlisted for the 1990 Sunday Express Book of the Year Award. Her most recent book is The Travelling Hornplayer .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Durdles Books (IOBA)
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002881
- Title
- The Travelling Horn Player (Signed)
- Author
- Trapido, Barbara
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0241136946
- ISBN 13
- 9780241136942
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1998
- Pages
- 256
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- famous jack noah's ark frankie stankie General
- Bookseller catalogs
- General Fiction;
- X weight
- 900 g
Terms of Sale
Durdles Books (IOBA)
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About the Seller
Durdles Books (IOBA)
Biblio member since 2018
Birmingham, West Midlands
About Durdles Books (IOBA)
Durdles Books is an online bookshop that specialises in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Modern Firsts and Genre Fiction. We also have books in many other categories and think our stock is both varied and interesting. We are constantly busy sourcing new stock in great condition, as collectors ourselves we appreciate that there is nothing like finding a lovely copy of a book that is on "the list". We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), so you can be assured of our commitment to good bookselling practices and customer service.
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- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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