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First Directive.
by Joseph D. McNamara
- Used
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0449128636
- ISBN 13
- 9780449128633
- Seller
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Oregon City, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY Ballantine Books: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1985. Paperback First Edition Thus [1985]; First Printing indicated. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. First Edition Thus [1985]; First Printing indicated. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows light wear to extremities; mild rubbing to sheen of wrapper covers; binding square and secure; text clean. No longer 'As New', but close to it. 12mo. 307pp. Mass Market Paperback. If you like a police mystery, you'll like this one and his other Fraley novels. Joseph McNamara was a police chief in San Jose, having started his career as a rookie in New York City, so he's had day-to-day experience to draw from. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Black Cat Hill Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11575
- Title
- First Directive.
- Author
- Joseph D. McNamara
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus [1985]; First Printing indicated.
- ISBN 10
- 0449128636
- ISBN 13
- 9780449128633
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books: Fawcett Gold Medal,
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1985.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Crime Fiction; Hard-Boiled and Noir; Police Procedural; Fiction: Crime Novels; Crime; Private Eyes: Male; City; Urban;
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Glossary
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Mass Market
- Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- 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...