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The Convivial Codfish
by Charlotte MacLeod
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385193335
- ISBN 13
- 9780385193337
- Seller
-
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
First printing of first edition (O21); signed by author. Fine hardcover in Fine DJ. Bright, clean, square covers and spine; red sprinkled on text block bottom edge; tightly bound; author's full signature on title page and inscribed 'to her dear friend | Kate Mattes'; bright, crisp, clean interior. DJ is bright, clean and complete. 8vo, 177 pp. Inscription was to Kate Mattes, a prominent Boston area bookseller.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Madden Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19192
- Title
- The Convivial Codfish
- Author
- Charlotte MacLeod
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0385193335
- ISBN 13
- 9780385193337
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York, Ny, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1984-07
- Keywords
- COLLECTIBLE, COLLECTABLE, MURDER, POLICE, CRIME, DETECTIVES, WHODUNIT, TERROR, PSYCHOLOGY, THRILLER, COURTS, LAW, COPS, SUSPENSE, MYSTERY, WOMEN, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Mystery;
Terms of Sale
Madden Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Madden Books
Biblio member since 2011
Brattleboro, Vermont
About Madden Books
I am a book collector and seller with many years experience. My particular areas of interest are politics, history, law, economics, labor and sociology. I also collect and sell Vermont and New England books, pamphlets, ephemera and magazines. I have a large selection of mysteries and detective books. I have general stock of literature, sciences, arts, world and regional politics & history.
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Inscribed
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- Text Block
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- 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...
- Title Page
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