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Wilde West
by Walter Satterthwait
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0312059973
- ISBN 13
- 9780312059972
- Seller
-
Carrollton, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991. SIGNED. NF/F. Stated First Edition. First printing with number line ending in 1. Signed by Walter Satterthwait on the title page, with the written quote "Who better than a poet, with his insight into the mind and the heart, who better than he to penetrate the mask behind which this villain has hidden himself." W.S. on the adjacent page. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. Light crease to spine head. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($19.95) with very faint shelf wear. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 374 pages. 5¾ x 8½" tall.
Oscar Wilde is on a lecture tour of the American West when someone in his entourage is suspected of savagely murdering prostitutes. When Wilde becomes the chief suspect he becomes determined to clear his name.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Armadillo Alley Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3987
- Title
- Wilde West
- Author
- Walter Satterthwait
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition / First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0312059973
- ISBN 13
- 9780312059972
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1991
- Pages
- 374
- Size
- 5.75 x 8.5
- Keywords
- signed, oscar wilde
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions; Signed Books;
Terms of Sale
Armadillo Alley Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Armadillo Alley Books
Biblio member since 2020
Carrollton, Texas
About Armadillo Alley Books
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- First Edition
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- Title Page
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Bookplate
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- Shelf Wear
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Number Line
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