Knave Takes Queen
by CHEYNEY, Peter
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good+
- Seller
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Auckland, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Faber and Faber, 1950 New and enlarged edition. Purple cloth titled in gilt on spine. Tight and square, foxed edges, small gift inscription in front. Dust jacket is unclipped and unfaded, but has one inch gap at crown of spine, small corner tear, protected in a fitted clear film sleeve. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mainly Fiction (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025949
- Title
- Knave Takes Queen
- Author
- CHEYNEY, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1950
Terms of Sale
Mainly Fiction
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About the Seller
Mainly Fiction
Biblio member since 2005
Auckland
About Mainly Fiction
We are a home-based business trading successfully for several years.New Zealand is a great source for the categories of books we are trading in.
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- Jacket
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- New
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Foxed
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- Edges
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