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Canal Dreams
by Banks, Iain
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0333517687
- ISBN 13
- 9780333517680
- Seller
-
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : Macmillan, 1989. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fair/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing. Ex-library hardback, with a neat jacket. Book has heavy lean, slightly wavy pages, missing FEP, pencil notation to front pastedown, barcode sticker to rear pastedown. Single library stamp to copyright page, no other stamps or markings. The good points include reasonably sharp boards and gilt title. Clean half title and title pages. text block has expected toning. However the jacket (due to being previously protected) is nice and tidy, minor indentations to panels, tiny amount of crimping to edges, and small amount of wear to the edges of the inner flaps. A fair book in a very good or better jacket. 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. This book is what it is, a nice jacket, with a free ex-lib book. Certainly could be of interest to a collector who has a signed jacketless copy of this title, or needs to replace a poor jacket on an otherwise fine book. To browse the rest of our extensive Iain M Banks listings search using the keyword: Durdbanks
Synopsis
Canal Dreams is a novel by Scottish writer Iain Banks, published in 1989.
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Details
- Seller
- Durdles Books (IOBA)
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 003631
- Title
- Canal Dreams
- Author
- Banks, Iain
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0333517687
- ISBN 13
- 9780333517680
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1989
- Pages
- 239
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Durdbanks General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction;
- X weight
- 700 g
Terms of Sale
Durdles Books (IOBA)
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged. All books, where possible, are sent by signed and tracked services and our postage prices reflect this. We cannot normally send to overseas PO Box addresses. Purchasers may need to provide a phone number for heavier or valuable items as per our courier requirements. We only use airmail for overseas orders, we will not use surface mail.
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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- Poor
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- Fair
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- Copyright page
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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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...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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...
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- Jacket
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- Text Block
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