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City of God
by Doctorow, E. L
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0316854700
- ISBN 13
- 9780316854702
- Seller
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Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : Little, Brown & Company, 2000. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition second printing. Hardback book is tight clean and square. Boards sharp and clean, title gilt perfect. Text block clean, with light toning to edges. Feels lightly read, stressed at title page. Minor bump to head and foot of spine, very good condition. Jacket some minor crimping to edges, little edge wear and rubs to extremities, rub to rear panel. Overall very good. 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 quality addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A very good copy of this title by a collectible author
Synopsis
E.L. Doctorow is the author of nine books, including Welcome to the Hard Times, The Book of Daniel, Ragtime, Loon Lake, Lives of the Poet, World's Fair, Billy Bathgate, and The Waterworks . He has been awarded the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award (twice), the PEN/Faulkner Prize, the William Dean Howells medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and is the recipient of numerous honorary degrees. He currently lives in New York and teached at New York University.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Durdles Books (IOBA)
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002437
- Title
- City of God
- Author
- Doctorow, E. L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 2nd Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0316854700
- ISBN 13
- 9780316854702
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2000
- Pages
- 288
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction;
- X weight
- 800 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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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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....
- First Edition
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