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Scars
by Kinsella, W. P
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0887502857
- ISBN 13
- 9780887502859
- Seller
-
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Oberon Press, 1978. Hardcover. near fine. 1st Edition. 154pp. Narrow octavo. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Blank endpapers. Clean, tight text block. Very light bumping to ends of spine. In dust jacket, lightly worn at edges and near spine, with mild chipping. 2.5" closed tear at top left hand corner of dust jacket. near fine The second book by the famous Canadian author, very uncommon in hardcover, which consists of short stories based on characters from the Hobbema Indian reserve near Edmonton. 1978
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 131735
- Title
- Scars
- Author
- Kinsella, W. P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0887502857
- ISBN 13
- 9780887502859
- Publisher
- Oberon Press
- Place of Publication
- Canada
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- Canadian Fiction|Canadian Literature|Canadian Lit.|Literature|Short Stories|Hobbema Indian Reserve|Kinsella, W.P.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Aquila Books
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Calgary, Alberta
About Aquila Books
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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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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