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The Voice of Asia
by MICHENER, James A
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Stated first printing. Novelist James A. Michener traveled to several towns and villages in Asia in an attempt to better understand the thoughts and feelings of the people, be they rich or poor; powerful or not. With color map of Asia to endpapers. --- In beige cloth-covered boards with elaborate gilt decorations to spine; gilt-stamped spine titling on blue block. Leo Manso-designed jacket with Asian imagery to front panel. --- A clean, tightly-bound, sound copy, but with prior owner's signature to front free endpaper. Good-only, unclipped jacket ($3.50) with tears & chips to edges, mildly sunned spine, back panel spotting and age-toning, else intact and wrapped in new removable archival mylar protector.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xi, 338 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86156
- Title
- The Voice of Asia
- Author
- MICHENER, James A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1951
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About the Seller
Bluebird Books
Biblio member since 2005
Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
Bluebird Books is the bookselling business of Eric Mayer, operating from my base in Littleton, Colorado. I specialize in classic fiction and literature, books on birds and natural history, railroadiana, biography, history and many other genres. Bluebird Books features publications by the Modern Library and Everyman's Library. I offer free shipping on books shipped within the US via USPS Media Mail. INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: I recommend that you use Biblio.com for your international orders because they have formed a partnership with Asendia to allow for much more affordable shipping on parcels weighing under 5 lb. (about 2.26 kg).
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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