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Gaudy Night
by Sayers, Dorothy L
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near fine in very good dust jacket with a 4 cm. closed tear to the front panel.
- Seller
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Reno, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
New York.: Harper and Row., 1960. Reprint.. Black cloth, gilt spine title,gilt Harper device on cover.. Near fine in very good dust jacket with a 4 cm. closed tear to the front panel.. 19.5x13.5 cm.. weight: 1.2 lb.
Synopsis
Gaudy Night is a mystery novel by Dorothy L. Sayers, the twelfth in her popular series about gentleman sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey, and the third featuring crime writer Harriet Vane.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Zephyr Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 355250
- Title
- Gaudy Night
- Author
- Sayers, Dorothy L
- Format/Binding
- Black cloth, gilt spine title,gilt Harper device on cover.
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in very good dust jacket with a 4 cm. closed tear to the front panel.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper and Row.
- Place of Publication
- New York.
- Date Published
- 1960
- Pages
- vi, 469 pp.
- Size
- 19.5x13.5 cm.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery;
Terms of Sale
Zephyr Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery for any reason.
About the Seller
Zephyr Books
Biblio member since 2018
Reno, Nevada
About Zephyr Books
Zephyr Books is owned and operated by Lee and Ivye Johnson. We have been in the book business in Reno, Nevada since 1994. We have operated both brick and mortar, as well as online exclusive shops. We closed our brick and mortar shop in 2013, and now offer an exclusive selection of rare, collectible, and antiquarian books online only.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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