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The Brightfount Diaries
by Brian W. Aldiss
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good+
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good+. Pearl Falconer. Signed by Author(s). Inscribed by Aldiss on ffep. First edition. Blue cloth boards with yellow lettering on spine. Interior is crisp, clean and unmarked. 200 pages. Dust jacket shows light edgewear with rubbing at corners; minor smudging on rear panel; not price clipped (12s 6d net); in an archival mylar sleeve. Brian Aldiss's first book. Inscribed ''With fond memories / of Portland Oregon / Brian Aldiss''.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Boyd Used & Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013984
- Title
- The Brightfount Diaries
- Author
- Brian W. Aldiss
- Illustrator
- Pearl Falconer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Pearl Falconer, bookstores, booksellers,
Terms of Sale
Boyd Used & Rare Books
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.
About the Seller
Boyd Used & Rare Books
Biblio member since 2013
Portland, Oregon
About Boyd Used & Rare Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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...
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
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