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The Tax Inspectorr (signed)
by Peter Carey
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1992. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. This limited, leather bound edition has been privately printed and personally signed by the author exclusively for The Signed First Edition Society. 279 pages, marbled end papers and color frontispiece. Signed by author in blue ink. Beautiful green leather with stamped gilt decoration and tile to spine, light foxing to signature page else Fine, all edges gilt, silk place marker. Prospectus with black and white photograph of author laid in. No previous owner bookplate or writing, ultra clean and most presentable. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002908
- Title
- The Tax Inspectorr (signed)
- Author
- Peter Carey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- The Franklin Library, Signed American Fiction
Terms of Sale
Pacific Coast Books
10 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
Biblio member since 2015
Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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- First Edition
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- Bookplate
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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....
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