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Canto for a Gypsy
by Smith, Martin
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Smith on the title page. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($4.95), generally soiled and rubbed, faded at the spine. Red boards, rubbed at the bottom edge. Square and firmly bound, stains at the edges, former owner's name on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. The second Roman Grey novel, this one seeing him tasked with protecting a Royal Crown of Hungary against plots from anti-communist Hungarian-Americans and an ex-Nazi art thief.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8353
- Title
- Canto for a Gypsy
- Author
- Smith, Martin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- 20th Century Fiction, Crime, Mystery Fiction, Detective Fiction, Theft, Jewels
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
About Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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- First Edition
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- Title Page
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- Edges
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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