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The Drowned World and The Wind from Nowhere
by Ballard, J.G
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1965. Two of Ballard's early classic novels together in Book Club Edition. Black cloth binding with gilt titling on the spine. Clean text; 316 pages, very fresh. Previous-owner signature on the FFEP, else a Fine copy. The dustjacket is unclipped; tiniest hints of wear at the head and foot of the spine, else Fine. In an archival plastic protector.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Seller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 004011
- Title
- The Drowned World and The Wind from Nowhere
- Author
- Ballard, J.G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1965
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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