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Four Complete Lord Peter Wimsey Novels: Whose Body? / Clouds of Witness / Murder Must Advertise / Gaudy Night
by Dorothy L. Sayers
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0517395754
- ISBN 13
- 9780517395752
- Seller
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Woodlawn, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Avenel Books, 1982. First Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Avenel Books Edition (First Thus) With The Letter Line Indicating A First Printing. The Book Is Bound In Blue Cloth Over Boards With Gilt Lettering On The Spine. The Page Edges Are Age Toned And The Text Block Has A Slight Sag. The Unclipped Jacket Has A Hint Of Creasing At The Upper Edge, Else Fine.
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- Bookseller
- Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 047370
- Title
- Four Complete Lord Peter Wimsey Novels: Whose Body? / Clouds of Witness / Murder Must Advertise / Gaudy Night
- Author
- Dorothy L. Sayers
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0517395754
- ISBN 13
- 9780517395752
- Publisher
- Avenel Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1982
- Pages
- 736
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Wimsey, Peter, Lord (Fictitious Character), 1890 - Fiction; Private Investigators - England - Fiction. Private Investigators
Terms of Sale
Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
Biblio member since 2013
Woodlawn, Illinois
About Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
I have a small inventory of about 23,000 titles. I sell from my own property and only on-line. I started selling on line in 1999. This is my Fourth year with Biblio.
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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- Letter line
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- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
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