Riding the Iron Rooster by Train Through China
by Theroux, Paul
- Used
- Hardcover
- 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. 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. The author's account of his extensive travel through China by railroad. 480 pages of text.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Town's End Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB14578
- 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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Town's End Books
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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
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition 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
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....