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The Rope in the Water : A Pilgrimage to India
by Fraser, Sylvia
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0919028438
- ISBN 13
- 9780919028432
- Seller
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About This Item
Toronto, ON, CA: Thomas Allen, 2001. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 336pp. Cream cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Bumped spine ends. Lightly bumped corners. Slightly cocked. 'Map' endpapers. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has some shelf wear, light chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, price unclipped. 8vo. The story of the author's three-month pilgrimage as a solitary traveller, free of the props, masks and distractions of modern life.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Rope in the Water : A Pilgrimage to India
- Author
- Fraser, Sylvia
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0919028438
- ISBN 13
- 9780919028432
- Publisher
- Thomas Allen
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, ON, CA
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- India, travel, pilgrimage
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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- Cocked
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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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
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