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Stardust.
by GAIMAN, Neil
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Headline Feature,, 1999. Sweet dreams First UK edition, first impression, inscribed by the author on the half title, "Mike, sweet dreams from Neil Gaiman, 24/6/99", with a drawing of a smiling half-moon. Stardust was awarded the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature in 1999; the first UK edition is scarce in commerce, particularly signed. Stardust first appeared as a four-issue comic mini-series, illustrated by Charles Vess, followed by a 1998 illustrated book. It was made into a film in 2007, directed by Matthew Vaughn. Octavo. Original black boards, spine lettered in gilt, blue endpapers, black silk bookmarker. With dust jacket. Text block faintly toned and foxed at edges; edges of unclipped jacket slightly toned: a near-fine copy in like jacket.
Synopsis
Stardust by Neil Gaiman is a modern fairy tale, stripped of the Victorian-era enforced innocence, about a mythical quest for love, starting with the heart's desire of a young man and his eventual travels throughout the world of Faerie.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 172273
- Title
- Stardust.
- Author
- GAIMAN, Neil
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Headline Feature,
- Date Published
- 1999
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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