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The Tears of the White Man. Compassion as Contempt
by Pascal Bruckner / William R. Beer (Trans.)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0029041600
- ISBN 13
- 9780029041604
- Seller
-
Tarrington, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: The Free Press, 1986. 1st Edition . Very Good/Very Good. 6.5 x 9.5 inches (16.5 x 24 cm). Dust jacket: Browning and slight rubbing. Price clipped, original price label to rear cover. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good Minus. Book: First English language edition. Dark green buckram binding. A little light marking to page edges, otherwise excellent. Overall book condition is Very Good. ISBN: 0029041600. Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches (16.5 x 24 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xx, 244
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tarrington Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1223E166
- Title
- The Tears of the White Man. Compassion as Contempt
- Author
- Pascal Bruckner / William R. Beer (Trans.)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0029041600
- ISBN 13
- 9780029041604
- Publisher
- The Free Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1986
- Size
- 6.5 x 9.5 inches (16.5 x 24 cm)
- Keywords
- Third World, Politics, Third Worldism, White Saviour, White Savior, White Man's Burden, ISBN,0029041600
- Bookseller catalogs
- Current Affairs & Journalism;
Terms of Sale
Tarrington Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Tarrington Books
Biblio member since 2015
Tarrington, Herefordshire
About Tarrington Books
A family run bookshop located in the heart of rural Herefordshire. Large selection of children's literature, crime fiction, military, history, travel, vintage paperbacks, quality antiquarian volumes & fine bindings. We offer free UK postage on all items and pride ourselves on our safe packaging and rapid dispatch of orders. Browsers welcome by appointment.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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