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Concrete Island
by Ballard, J.G
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Seller
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Kingscliff, New South Wales, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Edges and endpapers lightly foxed. Jacket lightly foxed to verso, spine ends and edges lightly rubbed, small closed tear, light sticker ghost to lower front blurb ; Original black papered boards, spine gilt. Overall an excellent copy in like dustjacket ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 176 pages .
Synopsis
Concrete Island is a 1974 English fiction novel by J. G. Ballard.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Haymes & Co.
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B4264
- Title
- Concrete Island
- Author
- Ballard, J.G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- Modern First, Science Fiction
Terms of Sale
Haymes & Co.
Al l books are sold as complete or as otherwise described. Any item found to be not as described may be returned within 7 days of purchase.
About the Seller
Haymes & Co.
Biblio member since 2022
Kingscliff, New South Wales
About Haymes & Co.
Haymes & Co. are 6th generation antiquarian booksellers. Our foundations trace back to Rotterdam, Holland, in the early 19th century.
Glossary
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Blurb
- The blurb refers to the commentary that appears on the dust jacket flaps or the rear of the dustjacket. In the case of a...
- 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...
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