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Act of Fear
by Collins, Michael (Dennis Lynds)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
NY: Dodd, Mead & Co. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Yellow cloth titled in black. First edition, no other printings listed. Inscribed to ffep by Collins. Spine ends/one point faintly softened, light edgewear and slight insecting to bottom edge. Very faintly cocked and bowed. Occasional minor spots to leaves. The DJ in mylar has trace insecting to flap edge, very faint vertical crease to front panel near gutter. 1968 Edgar Award winner. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .
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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28237
- Title
- Act of Fear
- Author
- Collins, Michael (Dennis Lynds)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead & Co
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1967
Terms of Sale
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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