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The Unholy City
de Charles G. Finney
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Muy bueno/Good
- Librería
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
New York : The Vanguard Press , 1937. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 9" by 5.5". None . The first edition of this thrilling novel set in a weird and wonderful land, included with the original dust wrapper. The first edition of this work. In the publisher's original clipped dust wrapper. In the original cloth binding. Full of symbolism, satire and nostalgia, this adventure was the highly anticipated follow up work from American fantasy novelist and news editor, Charles G. Finney. Much of his work has an oriental flavour. the SF encyclopaedia describes this work as 'a surreally unfocused Urban Fantasy set in the crypto-Asian city of Heilar-Wey'His first and most famous novel 'The Circus of Dr. Lao' won Most Original Book in the National Book Awards in 1935. In the original cloth binding. In the original clipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart with minor shelf wear to the extremities. Discolouration to the cloth, heaviest to the head and tail of spine and boards. Off setting to endpapers. Dust wrapper is sound. Scattered chipping, heaviest to head and tail of spine and edge wear to extremities. Handling marks to wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper dated October 1944. Very Good
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 902Y5
- Título
- The Unholy City
- Autor
- Charles G. Finney
- Ilustrador
- None
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- The Vanguard Press
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1937
- Tamaño
- 9" by 5.5"
- Palabras clave
- Fiction Modern Dust Wrapper Modern
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Sobre el vendedor
Rooke Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2007
BATH, Somerset
Sobre Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
