Stiletto
by Robbins, Harold
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0450020347
- ISBN 13
- 9780450020346
- Seller
-
Evesham, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
U.K.: New English Library, 1974. Brown bds with gilt title to spine and gilt facsimile signature towards bottom of front board. Bump to spine ends and corners. Chipping to spine ends. Creases to spine . Ffep missing. Bindings slack to fep hinge. Pages tanned with some foxing and patchy soiling. Usual library markings. Tear to front edge of page 19. Top corner of a couple of pages missing. Top corner creases to some pages. . First Thus. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
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- Seller
- Harry Righton
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 039264
- Title
- Stiletto
- Author
- Robbins, Harold
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0450020347
- ISBN 13
- 9780450020346
- Publisher
- New English Library
- Place of Publication
- U.K.
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- FICTION
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Harry Righton
Biblio member since 2003
Evesham, Worcestershire
About Harry Righton
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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....
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- BDS
- Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...
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