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The Secret Language of Snow
by Williams, Terry Tempest and Ted Major
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 039486574X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394865744
- Seller
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The Woodlands, Texas, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: Sierra Club. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1984. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 039486574x . "Snow is snow, right? Wrong! There is annui (falling snow) , pukak (snow that can cause avalanches) , siqoq (swirling or drifting snow) , kanik (rime on tree trunks) - and many other types of frosty white crystals." Terry Tempest Williams' first book. Ships same or next business day. Remainder mark on tail edge. Book has some edge wear, small bumps on spine ends and corners; overall, pages are tight, bright, and clean. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. DJ has normal edge and shelf wear, 1/2-inch chip on spine head, 1/3-inch tears on top corners and head edge of back cover, tiny tears along tail edge of front cover, faintly yellowed. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 129 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Good Books In The Woods
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 69359
- Title
- The Secret Language of Snow
- Author
- Williams, Terry Tempest and Ted Major
- Illustrator
- Jennifer Dewey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 039486574X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394865744
- Publisher
- Sierra Club
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- 039486574x
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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Remainder Mark
- Usually an ink marking of some sort which indicates that the book was designated a remainder. In most cases, it can be found on...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
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