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Absolute Friends
by Le Carre, John
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0316000647
- ISBN 13
- 9780316000642
- Seller
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Charlotte Hall, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Co, 2004. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Down-and-out spy-turned-tour guide finds trouble with an old associate and a mysterious billionaire philanthropist. First printing with correct full number line sequence. This copy may have been read, but it is very clean with no writing, marks, underlining, or bookplates. No remainder marks. Spine is tight and crisp. Boards are flat and true, and the corners are square. There is some very, very slight bumping to the upper left corner of the back board. Dust jacket is not price-clipped and shows moderate edge wear with some micro tears. There is also some minor creasing on the back cover and the rear flap. This collectible, near fine/very good +, first edition/first printing copy is protected with an archival mylar dust jacket cover. Satisfaction guaranteed!
Synopsis
Absolute Friends is an espionage novel by John le Carré published in December 2003.
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- Bookseller
- rarefirstscom (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000413
- Title
- Absolute Friends
- Author
- Le Carre, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0316000647
- ISBN 13
- 9780316000642
- Publisher
- Little Brown & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2004
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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....
- Remainder
- Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder...
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.