William Morrow & Co, New York, 1982 A collectible hardcover copy of the first edition/first printing, with dustcover: book and dustcover near fine. Cream-colored paper-covered boards, blue cloth-covered spine, gilt spine lettering, 8 1/2 x 5 7/8 inches, 495 pp. Modest sunning to top edges of dustcover and book block. Very focal and slight staining, edges of book block. Otherwise, pages clean, with no marks, and binding tight and square. Dustcover in a mylar jacket. "Kate Blackwell is the symbol of success, a beautiful woman who parlayed her inheritance into an international conglomerate. Winner of a unique position among the wealthy and world-renowned, she's also a survivor as indomitable as her father, who returned from the edge of death to wrench a fortune in diamonds from the hard South African soil. Now, celebrating her ninetieth birthday, Kate surveys the family she has manipulated, dominated, and loved: the fair and the grotesque, the mad and the mild, the good and the evil." (K083). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Master of the Game is a novel by Sidney Sheldon, first published in hardback format in 1982. The novel has won critical acclaim, debuting at number one on the New York Times Bestseller List. The plot of the book spans six generations, and it is based upon the fictional lives of the MacGregor/Blackwell family. The book follows the life of an entrepreneur, Kate Blackwell, and explores her family, ancestry and life.

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Bookseller: Boojum and Snark Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 4468
Title: Master of the Game
Author: Sidney Sheldon
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN 10: 0688013651
ISBN 13: 9780688013653
Publisher: William Morrow & Co, New York
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1982
Keywords: BUSINESSWOMEN, DIAMOND INDUSTRY, TRADE
Bookseller catalogs: Fiction;

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