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Ghost Story
by Straub, Peter
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0698109597
- ISBN 13
- 9780698109599
- Seller
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Venice, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc. , 1979. 1st Edition . Paper Covered Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. From the jacket flap "once in a decade, perhaps less often, a novel so clearly breaks the mold of a particular genre that its appearance becomes a publishing event.... It becomes an unparalleled modern novel of the supernatural." 483 pages. Light shelf wear and mild soiling to boards. Light soiling and rubbing to edges of text block. Bottom corners bumped. Unclipped jacket, protected in a Brodart cover, has closed tears repaired with small pieces of tape. Tightly bound with no names or marks. SIGNED by Straub on title page.
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Details
- Bookseller
- RC Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005248
- Title
- Ghost Story
- Author
- Straub, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Paper Covered Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0698109597
- ISBN 13
- 9780698109599
- Publisher
- Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
- Pages
- 483
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- Peter Straub Ghost Story Signed Books Literature-Horror Mystery
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature / Fiction; Signed Books;
Terms of Sale
RC Books
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About the Seller
RC Books
Biblio member since 2007
Venice, Florida
About RC Books
Started in 2002, RC Books is a general stock, online bookstore offering a diverse selection of quality used, out-of-print, and rare books and ephemera. We place special emphasis on Americana of all types, Literature, and the Arts. Edgar Allan Poe is a specialization. RC Books prides itself on customer service. Free book searches are provided upon request.
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- 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...
- Text Block
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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