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Tales of a Chinese Grandmother
by Carpenter, Frances
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0804810427
- ISBN 13
- 9780804810425
- Seller
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
North Clarendon, Vermont, U.S.A.: Tuttle Pub, 1989. No rubbing, bumping or shelfwear to covers. Would be "as new" condition except for fading of yellow color on spine. Spine straight and uncreased. Interior tight, unmarked, crisp, unread. Original price on removable tipped in label on half title page still present. 261 pp + endmatter ads.. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Hasselrus, Malthe. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- First Used Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005076
- Title
- Tales of a Chinese Grandmother
- Author
- Carpenter, Frances
- Illustrator
- Hasselrus, Malthe
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0804810427
- ISBN 13
- 9780804810425
- Publisher
- Tuttle Pub
- Place of Publication
- North Clarendon, Vermont, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1989
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Mythology Folklore Fiction Short Stories Chinese Tales
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mythology; Folklore; Fiction Short Stories;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Mass Market
- Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...
- PUB
- Common abbreviation for 'published'
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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