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Dragonfire
by Pronzini, Bill
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0312218931
- ISBN 13
- 9780312218935
- Seller
-
Northfield, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: St Martins Press, 1982. A Nameless Detective mystery. Ex-library with evidence of a stamp pad removal and a faint date stamp on the front free end paper with a library stamp on the verso. Gently bumped, spine cocked with foxing to the edges of the text block and glue residue to the pastedowns. Jacket has a small chip to the lower front corner with foxing and glue residue on the flaps, in mylar. Inscribed by Pronzini on the front free end paper. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Inscribed By the Author. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. Ex-Library.
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Details
- Seller
- MLC Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- D130952
- Title
- Dragonfire
- Author
- Pronzini, Bill
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0312218931
- ISBN 13
- 9780312218935
- Publisher
- St Martins Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1982
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery/Suspense/Thriller;
Terms of Sale
MLC Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
MLC Books
Biblio member since 2009
Northfield, Minnesota
About MLC Books
MLC Books has been selling online since 2006, with a heavy emphasis on vintage and collectible crime fiction, other fiction, and books related to Minnesota. A diverse general stock available as well.
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....
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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