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Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern
by McCaffrey, Anne
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0345298748
- ISBN 13
- 9780345298744
- Seller
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Del Rey / Ballantine Books, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x1. Signed. First printing with full number line to 1. Inscribed to a previous owner at title page by author Anne McCaffrey. 286 pages. Orange quarter-cloth with gold spine titles over beige boards; very good with soiling, large spot to rear panel. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket very good in Mylar with edgewear, including minor loss at top fore-edge corner of front panel. Light staining to textblock edges. Small spot of foxing to fore-edge margin of half title. Interior else clean, text bright and unmarked.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Bin
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BBS-2015597
- Title
- Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern
- Author
- McCaffrey, Anne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0345298748
- ISBN 13
- 9780345298744
- Publisher
- Del Rey / Ballantine Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Size
- 8x5x1
- X weight
- 18 oz
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The Book Bin is a locally owned and operated business that has been in the same family since 1983. We are an ABA- and ABAA-affiliated general-interest bookstore with two stores in Salem and Corvallis, Oregon. We have over 30,000 items listed for sale online, and a dedicated rare book room in our Salem location. Books in our rare book room cover a wide range of subjects, with a focus on science fiction, fantasy and horror, literature and poetry, metaphysics, and children's books.
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- A.N.
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- 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...
- 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....
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
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