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EYE of the NEEDLE
by Follett, Ken
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0877951861
- ISBN 13
- 9780877951865
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
Arbor House. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Original black and red cloth. No additional printings, first edition. Points gently tapped, paper split at hinges but hinges are strong. Text block edges very faintly foxed. The DJ in mylar is price clipped with a 3cm tear to flap fold, few nicks to spine ends. ; 1.3 X 6.4 X 9.5 inches; 313 pages .
Synopsis
An enemy spy, brilliant aristocrat and brutal assassin knows the secret to the Allies' greatest deception. But someone stands in his way, a lonely Englishwoman on an isolated island, who is beginning to love this killer who has mysteriously entered her life. This novel was Follett's first successful, bestselling effort as a novelist, and it earned him the 1979 Edgar Award for Best Novel from the Mystery Writers of America.
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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48042
- Title
- EYE of the NEEDLE
- Author
- Follett, Ken
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0877951861
- ISBN 13
- 9780877951865
- Publisher
- Arbor House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
Terms of Sale
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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...
- Price Clipped
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
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