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DEATH OF A BOOKSELLER
by Farmer, Bernard J
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Fine in fine jacket.
- Seller
-
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1956. Fine in fine jacket.. Rare first edition of this classic mystery exploring the dark crimes born of the evil impulse to acquire rare books without paying a fair market price for them. Farmer's examination of the psychology driving the bookseller's natural predator, the other bookseller, culminates in the biblio-mystery subgenre's most spectacular confrontation scene: "You are indeed the Bride of Satan," the victim cries; "what do you want of me?" "Books," the murderer replies, speaking for us all; "to read to my sisters in Hell." Shops and characters claimed to be fictitious. A book of great charm, particularly rare in such condition. 7.25'' x 5''. Original black cloth with gilt-lettered spine. In original price-clipped pictorial dust jacket. 208 pages. Light scuffing and edgewear to jacket, spine very faintly sunned.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50195
- Title
- DEATH OF A BOOKSELLER
- Author
- Farmer, Bernard J
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in fine jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William Heinemann Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- 20th century,1950s,English & British,Mystery,Books on Books,Gift Idea
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About the Seller
Type Punch Matrix
Biblio member since 2020
Silver Spring, Maryland
About Type Punch Matrix
Type Punch Matrix is a rare book firm founded by Rebecca Romney and Brian Cassidy. TPM is a member firm of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and upholds their Code of Ethics.
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....
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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