Polar Star - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Smith, Martin Cruz
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library. Near Fine. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Full-Leather. A special Limited first edition/first printing preceding the trade edition. Unread, Near Fine condition with unobtrusive hairline cut to front board, few scrapes to gilt pages, SIGNED by author Martin Cruz Smith; Sprung from a state psychiatric hospital, Arkady Renko takes refuge in Siberia, ultimately working on a Soviet factory ship in the Bering Sea. When one of his shipmates is murdered, he's pressed into service. This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather with raised bands. Features gilded, sewn-in pages with a satin marker. Simply superb quality; Franklin Library at its best; 8vo; [xxii], 386, [2] pages; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18830
- Title
- Polar Star - 1st Edition/1st Printing
- Author
- Smith, Martin Cruz
- Format/Binding
- Full-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, PA
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Full-Leather
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