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Service of All the Dead
by Dexter, Colin
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/fine
- ISBN 10
- 0312713169
- ISBN 13
- 9780312713164
- Seller
-
Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: St Martins Pr, 1980. First. Hard Cover. Near Fine/fine. First American edition of the 4th Inspector Morse mystery. A tight, bright copy, some smearing to the front pastedown and rear endpapers. In a fine, bright, crisp, dust jacket with spine completely unfaded and unusual thus. Basis for the acclaimed PBS "Mystery" series starring the late John Thaw in the title role.
Synopsis
Service of All the Dead is a crime novel by Colin Dexter, the fourth novel in Inspector Morse series.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- NF455
- Title
- Service of All the Dead
- Author
- Dexter, Colin
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0312713169
- ISBN 13
- 9780312713164
- Publisher
- St Martins Pr
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- MORSE INSPECTOR FICTITIOUS CHARACTER FICTION
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
TRACKING AND INSURANCE AT OPTION OF BUYER. ON UNINSURED ITEMS, OUR RESPONSIBILITY ENDS WITH PROOF OF SHIPPING---NO EXCEPTIONS! Books are returnable if misdescribed; we must be notified within 48 hours of receipt if making a return. We conform to accepted ABAA grading. "First edition" means "first printing" unless noted; if it doesn't say it has a jacket then it doesn't; faults such as ownership signatures, price clipping, etc. will be noted in the listing. Member ABAA, ILAB, ABNJ.
About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
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