THE CARE OF TIME
by Ambler, Eric
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Very Fine
- Seller
-
Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1981. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author, 8vo, violet cloth with silver lettering over gun-metal gray-blue boards, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket with a kafiya surrounding an empty Arab face, [vi] + 277 pages. Eric Ambler, who has been called the "inventor of modern spy fiction," visits once again the volatile Middle East in this thriller. This is an Exceptionally Fine copy of the First Edition (stated First Printing), which has been SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 874
- Title
- THE CARE OF TIME
- Author
- Ambler, Eric
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- Spy, bombing, NATO, Persian Gulf,
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Title Page
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...