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Sunset Canyon
by Edward Abbey
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0900735031
- ISBN 13
- 9780900735035
- Seller
-
Carrollton, Texas, United States
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About This Item
London: Talmy, Franklin Limited, 1972. NF/NF. 1st/1st. First UK edition 1st printing of the late author's fifth book and his personal favorite. Titled Black Sun in the U.S. Book is Near Fine. Unread. One tip bumped otherwise tight and straight with even pages and clean. No writing, bookplate, embossed seal or marks and nor BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped (£2.10) and Near Fine. Very mild rubbing to back panel and minute edgewear to spine base (see photos.) Protected in a Brodart Mylar cover. Scarce in the UK edition and a beautiful copy.
A beautiful, bittersweet love story, is about a forest ranger (loner, iconoclast, lover of the rugged life) who falls for an utterly beguiling freckle-faced princess half his age.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Armadillo Alley Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0054
- Title
- Sunset Canyon
- Author
- Edward Abbey
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First UK Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0900735031
- ISBN 13
- 9780900735035
- Publisher
- Talmy, Franklin Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1972
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions;
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About the Seller
Armadillo Alley Books
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Carrollton, Texas
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
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