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HAMMETT ~ A Life at the Edge
by NOLAN, William F
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0312922817
- ISBN 13
- 9780312922818
- Seller
-
Sherman Oaks, California, United States
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About This Item
NY: Congdon & Weed, 1983. NEAR FINE condition in FINE dust jacket. HARDCOVER. 1983. FIRST EDITION. AS NEW, bound in tan and brown buckram with gold gilt titles in tan pictorial dust jacket. Square and tight, UNREAD, original price intact. Light band of toning to front free endpaper, else FINE. Black and white photographs. Jacket design by Krystyna Skalski. Jacket illustration by Bill Nelson. Definitive biography.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- SCENE OF THE CRIME ®
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001587
- Title
- HAMMETT ~ A Life at the Edge
- Author
- NOLAN, William F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0312922817
- ISBN 13
- 9780312922818
- Publisher
- Congdon & Weed
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- NOISBN, Biography, Hammett, Scene Of The Crime
- Bookseller catalogs
- AUTHOR M~N~O;
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About the Seller
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- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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"...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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