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THE WASP FACTORY
by Banks, Iain
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0395362962
- ISBN 13
- 9780395362969
- Seller
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Naas, Kildare, Ireland
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About This Item
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984. Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First American Edition, First Printing. This is a true first edition, first printing (first impression) with a full number line beginning with [1] to the copyright page therefore indicating a true first print in a very good plus Dust Jacket that is not price clipped. Tight binding, clean pages, a sprinkle of spotting to text block.. Signed by Iain Banks to the title page..
Synopsis
The Wasp Factory was the first novel by Scottish writer Iain Banks. It was published in 1984.
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- Bookseller
- Kelleher Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016802
- Title
- THE WASP FACTORY
- Author
- Banks, Iain
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0395362962
- ISBN 13
- 9780395362969
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- THE WASP FACTORY, BANKS, IAIN., First edition, signed
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Kelleher Rare Books
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Naas, Kildare
About Kelleher Rare Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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