THE DARK TWIN
by Campbell, Marion
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1899863419
- ISBN 13
- 9781899863419
- Seller
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Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
United Kingdom: House of Lochar. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1998. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 1899863419 . SIGNED - A Very Good 1st Thus edition hardcover, in Very Good dustjacket. Book is in clean blue cloth boards, lightly bumped to spine heel, with two dings to front upper edge and some very light rubbing to corners. Spine is slightly cocked, with some light foxing to text block edges. Internally, author's signature to title page. Foxing to prelims. Pages are otherwise clean and bright throughout. Unclipped dustjacket is lightly bumped to spine ends and very lightly rubbed to corners. Lightly foxed internally. Carefully packaged and despatched within 48 hours from our wee bookshop in Scotland. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 264 pages; Signed by Author .
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Bookshelf (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 58671
- Title
- THE DARK TWIN
- Author
- Campbell, Marion
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- ISBN 10
- 1899863419
- ISBN 13
- 9781899863419
- Publisher
- House of Lochar
- Place of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- 1899863419, Scottish Fiction
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- 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...
- 1st Thus
- This indicates that this is not the first appearance of a book in print, but that this is the first appearance in 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...