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Blood on the Moon : a novel of suspense
by Ellroy, James
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0892960698
- ISBN 13
- 9780892960699
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Mysterious Press, 1984. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo. 263 pp, a novel with four titled parts, 20 untitled chapters. Bidning tight and square, pages clean, unmarked, and paper well-preserved, red cloth boards & gilt spine letters crisp, text block white and even all around. inner flap clipped, illustrated DJ in aceate protector..
Synopsis
James Ellroy was born in Los Angeles in 1948. His L.A. Quartet novels– The Black Dahlia , The Big Nowhere , L.A. Confidential , and White Jazz –were international bestsellers . American Tabloid was Time ’s Novel of the Year for 1995; his memoir My Dark Places was a Time Best Book of the Year and a New York Times Notable Book for 1996; his most recent novel, The Cold Six Thousand , was a New York Times Notable Book and a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year for 2001. He lives on the California coast.
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008138
- Title
- Blood on the Moon : a novel of suspense
- Author
- Ellroy, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0892960698
- ISBN 13
- 9780892960699
- Publisher
- Mysterious Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1984
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Detective Seargeant Lloyd Hopkins - fictitous protagonist - LAPD
- Bookseller catalogs
- MYSTERY & SCIFI;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Cloth
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- Text Block
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
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