A Candle for the Dead
by Marlowe, Hugh (aka Patterson, Harry/Higgins, Jack)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Leicester, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Abelard, 1966. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. (London - New York - Toronto: Abelard-Schuman 1966). First Edition. Publisher's black boards with silver lettering to the spine. A VG copy (a 1 x 1/2 cm brown foxing spot to the fore-edge the edge of which has crept into the text block, a few minor foxing to the bottom edge and soft spine tips. The D/W is VG indeed with a touch of creasing/fraying at the spine tips and a couple of short, closed tears to the top edge of the front panel. The D/W is priced $3.50 and 16s net to the inside flap (as called for). The basis for the British 1967 movie of the same name (originally known as Come the Hero), directed by Don Sharp, and starring Tom, Susan Hampshire and Ed Begley. Photographs/scans available upon request.
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Details
- Bookseller
- James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA. (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 355490719239
- Title
- A Candle for the Dead
- Author
- Marlowe, Hugh (aka Patterson, Harry/Higgins, Jack)
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Abelard
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1966
Terms of Sale
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
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About the Seller
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
Biblio member since 2006
Leicester
About James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
James M Pickard (Rare Books) is proud to be a full member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) and The Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA).
Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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....
- 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....