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Italian Shoes
by Mankell, Henning
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG++/VG+/VG++
- ISBN 10
- 1846550998
- ISBN 13
- 9781846550997
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK, SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st.* Imp: 1st. Full number line.* Date of Publication: 2009* Publisher: Harvill Secker.* Binding and cover condition: Navy blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Slight bumps to corners & to tail of spine, very minor rubs, minimal shelf wear. VG+* Jacket condition: Colour-illustrated dust wrapper, dark and pale blue titles to face and spine. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £17.99. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine. Now in clear protective wrapper. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Coloured end papers (dark blue). Top edge lightly aged. Clean, crisp, tight & bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no other visible faults. VG++.* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 247 pp. text. i pp. blank page at rear.* Description: Once a successful surgeon, Frederick Welin now lives in self-imposed exile on an island in the Swedish archipelago. Nearly twelve years have passed since he was disgraced for attempting to cover up a tragic mishap on the operating table. One morning in the depths of winter, he sees a hunched figure struggling towards him across the ice. His past is about to catch up with him.* A NEAR FINE text copy of the 1st/1st fnl. with some minimal faults in a VG++ protected dust jacket.* Thompson, Laurie
Synopsis
Iain Pears is the author of the New York Times bestseller An Instance of the Fingerpost and the national bestseller The Dream of Scipio , as well as a series of acclaimed detective novels, a book of art history, and countless articles on artistic, financial, and historical subjects. He lives in Oxford, England.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1769
- Title
- Italian Shoes
- Author
- Mankell, Henning
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG++/VG+/VG++
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st. Edn, 1st. Imp. FNL.
- ISBN 10
- 1846550998
- ISBN 13
- 9781846550997
- Publisher
- Harvill Secker
- Place of Publication
- London UK 256
- Date Published
- 2009-04-02
- Size
- 16.2 x 2.6 x 24 cm
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- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
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