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From Doon with Death.
by RENDELL, Ruth
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Long,, 1964. First edition, first impression, of the author's first book, and the first of the Inspector Wexford thrillers. Several copies were sent to libraries, making copies like this, unmarred by library labels or stamps, uncommon. Octavo. Publisher's green cloth, titles to spine in gilt. With the pictorial dust jacket. Gilt a little dulled on spine, some very slight rubbing to boards, black ink mark to bottom edge of text block, an excellent copy with the jacket, bright and only a little rubbed at ends and corners. Hubin 333.
Synopsis
From Doon with Death is the debut novel of British writer Ruth Rendell, first published in 1964. The novel introduced her popular recurring character Inspector Wexford, who has since gone on to feature in 20 of her novels.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140887
- Title
- From Doon with Death.
- Author
- RENDELL, Ruth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: John Long,
- Date Published
- 1964
Terms of Sale
Peter Harrington
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Cloth
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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...
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