London: Michael Joseph, 1957. FIRST UK EDITION. 8vo, pp. 415, [1 catalogue]. Black cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Gentle pushing to spine ends, mottling to boards, tobacco-tanned edges, small stain to fore-edge (into free margin). Bands of tanning and light spotting to free endpapers, unsigned Book Society bookplate (Rex Whistler-designed) to front pastedown. Else, clean and tidy. In the Donald Green-designed dust jacket: edgewear, chipping to head of spine and corners, various closed tears, reinforced by tape to verso, rear panel lightly shelf-soiled and toned. Good+/ good+.

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Bookseller: Quair Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1448
Title: Far, Far the Mountain Peak
Author: MASTERS, John
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Michael Joseph
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1957
Bookseller catalogs: Modern Firsts;

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Good+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
Verso: The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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...
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...
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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...
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....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...