Gormenghast
by Mervyn Peake
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
-
San Francisco, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1950. First British Edition. Hardcover, standard size (i.e. 5-6 by 8-9 inches). Good/Fair. Used True first edition, predating the US hardcover. Volume show signs of shelf wear on bottom of boards and some foxing and tanning to the text block. Dust jacket is worn on spine and has small nicks and tears along top and bottom. Previous owners name on FFEP.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borderlands Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000-236512
- Title
- Gormenghast
- Author
- Mervyn Peake
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, standard size (i.e. 5-6 by 8-9 inches)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First British Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Eyre & Spottiswoode
- Date Published
- 1950
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Borderlands Books
Biblio member since 2006
San Francisco, California
About Borderlands Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....