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Riding the Iron Rooster by Train Through China
by Theroux, Paul
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1988. First Edition. First printing Fine in 1/4 black cloth and paper covered boards with bright gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 3/16 by 6 inches with a small red remainder mark on the lower edge of the text block. In a fine jacket with the price intact on the front flap with a tiny faint closed tear to the lower edge of the front panel at the fold to the front flap. Signed without an inscription or date on the title page by the author. The author's account of his extensive travel through China by railroad. 480 pages of text. Illustrated with map end sheets. A fine, bright and clean copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Town's End Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB30284
- Title
- Riding the Iron Rooster by Train Through China
- Author
- Theroux, Paul
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Town's End Books
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Deep River, Connecticut
About Town's End Books
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- Cloth
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- Remainder Mark
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Jacket
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- Title Page
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
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- 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....
- 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....
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