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The Famine Plot
by Freivalds, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0812824369
- ISBN 13
- 9780812824360
- Seller
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Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Stein & Day. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. [1978]. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0812824369 . Black quarter cloth with brown paper over boards. Gilt lettering on spine and front. There is a very light bump on lower back corner and a tiny dent on upper edge of front board, else fine. DJ has wear at head and tail of spine, a short closed tear at top edge of front, and a longer tear associated with a triangular chip at top of back. The DJ is price clipped. Now in Brodart archival sleeve. Inscribed "For zyg: Good Reading! John" Zyg is Zygmunt Nagorski, a Polish national who served with the French and then the British in WWII, emigrated to the US as a journalist, became a citizen and had a career in the Foreign service. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 262 pages; Signed by Author .
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Details
- Bookseller
- James F. Balsley, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13117
- Title
- The Famine Plot
- Author
- Freivalds, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0812824369
- ISBN 13
- 9780812824360
- Publisher
- Stein & Day
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1978]
- Keywords
- 0812824369
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions, Signed, & Collectible; Thriller;
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James F. Balsley, Bookseller
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About the Seller
James F. Balsley, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2006
Williamsburg, Virginia
About James F. Balsley, Bookseller
My business is strictly on-line sales. I carry an inventory of about 2000 books. About half of these are modern fiction. Most of the rest are scholarly academic books concentrated in the areas of natural science, philosophy, history, and literature.
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