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BODY OF EVIDENCE: Advance, Uncorrected Reading Copy and First Edition, First Printing
by Cornwell, Patricia D
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0684192403
- ISBN 13
- 9780684192406
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Each is signed by Patricia Cornwell on the title page. The author's second novel, in which Kay Scarpetta, chief medical examiner of Virginia, gets involved in the case of the brutal stabbing death of romance writer Beryl Madison. Octavo, two volumes. Bound in the original printed paper wrappers, the ARC is a fine, unread copy. The first edition is a fine in a fine dust jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 72467
- Title
- BODY OF EVIDENCE: Advance, Uncorrected Reading Copy and First Edition, First Printing
- Author
- Cornwell, Patricia D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0684192403
- ISBN 13
- 9780684192406
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- Mystery, Crime Fiction
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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Glossary
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
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