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The Assassination Bureau, Ltd.
by Jack London
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Andre Deutsch, 1964. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1964. First Edition. 184 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Pictorial dust jacket covered in removable plastic over black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Ex-library copy, with expected inserts, inscriptions and stamps. Novel completed by Robert L. Fish. Pages have mild foxing and thumbing throughout and slight tanning to the text block edge. Ex-library marking to end papers, rear pastedown and text block edge. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping and fraying to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Moderate crushing to spine ends with some fraying to bottom edge. Small droplet marks to rear board. Unclipped jacket reinforced with card has light edgewear with small tears and creasing. Moderate tanning and rubbing to rear panel. Is secured with tape on corners and to joint. Pink pen to front panel of plastic. Moderate tanning to inside edges.
Synopsis
Jack London (1876–1916) published an enormous number of stories and novels, including The Call of the Wild , White Fang , and Martin Eden .
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Details
- Seller
- World of Rare Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 1688567390LEE
- Title
- The Assassination Bureau, Ltd.
- Author
- Jack London
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Andre Deutsch
- Date Published
- 1964
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
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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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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