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When We Were Orphans
by Ishiguro, Kazuo
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- fine
- ISBN 10
- 0676973051
- ISBN 13
- 9780676973051
- Seller
-
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
England: Faber and Faber Limited, 2000. Hardcover. fine. First Edition. 313pp. Octavo in original black cloth with cream lettering on spine. Signed by the author on title page. Minor shelfwear on crown and bottom of spine. Illustrated dust jacket is not price clipped, has very light edgewear. Textblock is clean and tight in fine condition. By the author of 'The Remains of the Day'. 2000
Synopsis
When We Were Orphans is a novel by the British-Japanese author Kazuo Ishiguro, published in 2000.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 115420
- Title
- When We Were Orphans
- Author
- Ishiguro, Kazuo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0676973051
- ISBN 13
- 9780676973051
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber Limited
- Place of Publication
- England
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- Fiction|Novel
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Aquila Books
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About Aquila Books
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Glossary
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- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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