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The True Tale of The Monster Billy Dean
by David Almond
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good/Good
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Puffin, 2011. Hardcover. Good/Good. 2011. First Published. 255 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial dust jacket covered in plastic wrapper over black cloth. Author's signature to title page. Well bound and clean pages, with mild tanning to text block edges. Small area of loss to fep. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.
Synopsis
David Almond, winner of the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen Award, is known worldwide as the multi-award-winning author of Skellig , Clay , and many other novels, stories, and plays. With Candlewick Press, he is the author of The Savage , Slog’s Dad , and Mouse Bird Snake Wolf , all illustrated by Dave McKean, among other titles. David Almond lives in England.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1680516718ADA
- Title
- The True Tale of The Monster Billy Dean
- Author
- David Almond
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Puffin
- Date Published
- 2011
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- 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...
- Text Block
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- Shelf Wear
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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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Title Page
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