The Spider's House
by Bowles, Paul
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New York;(1955): Random House. First Edition. Octavo. First printing. A story of people involved in a moral struggle set against a fierce background of political scheming and, ultimately, undeclared wear. Caught between the relentless French colonial secret police and the pitiless terrorists.406pp. bound in black cloth, stamped with two small squares, one blue one green with initials stamped in gilt, spine lettering gilt over blue and green squares, minor light finger soiling to spine, a very nice copy in unclipped pictorial dust jacket rubbed at spine ends.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017302
- Title
- The Spider's House
- Author
- Bowles, Paul
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York;(1955)
- Keywords
- Firt Edition 1st Dust Jacket
Terms of Sale
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Alcuin Books located in Old Town Scottsdale is a store with 15,000 serious books for the collector or scholar. We have ample parking in front of the store for those who wish to browse our holdings.
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- 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....
- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
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