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The Master
by Colm Toibin
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0330485652
- ISBN 13
- 9780330485654
- Seller
-
Longford , Longford, Ireland
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About This Item
First Edition. First Printing. London 2004.
Fictionalised take on the life of American writer Henry James. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and Winner of the Dublin Impac Literary Award.
Book is Near Fine with black boards clean. Gilt lettering on spine.Binding tight. No inscriptions or markings. Slight age to toning to edges, mainly top edge.
DJ is complete. No tears, chipping or edge wear. Not price clipped. In a protective removeable sleeve.
Overall, a lovely copy in highly collectible condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dephen Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20260
- Title
- The Master
- Author
- Colm Toibin
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0330485652
- ISBN 13
- 9780330485654
- Publisher
- Picador
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2004
- Pages
- 359
- Size
- 24 x 16 cms
- Keywords
- Irish Fiction. Literature
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Glossary
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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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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