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The Japanese Corpse: A Novel
by Janwillem van De Wetering
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0395257778
- ISBN 13
- 9780395257777
- Seller
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Lewisville, Texas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
bos: Houghton Mifflin Company , 1977. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight clean un read copy. The PC jacket has some rubbing wear, edge wear, two short closed tears, some chipping at the top and heel of the spine, wear at flap folds. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY.
Synopsis
Janwillem van de Wetering (1931–2008) was born and raised in Rotterdam, but lived most recently in Surry, Maine. He served as a member of the Amsterdam Special Constabulary and was once a Zen Buddhist monk. He is renowned for his detective fiction, including Outsider in Amsterdam , The Corpse on the Dike , The Japanese Corpse , and eleven other books in the Grijpstra and de Gier series.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pat Cramer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 039132
- Title
- The Japanese Corpse: A Novel
- Author
- Janwillem van De Wetering
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Edition
- First Edition/First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0395257778
- ISBN 13
- 9780395257777
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- bos
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
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Terms of Sale
Pat Cramer, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Pat Cramer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2006
Lewisville, Texas
About Pat Cramer, Bookseller
I have been selling used and rare books internationally since 1985.I tend to list modern fiction because that is what i know the most about.I specialize on horror and suspense fiction because these are two areas that i enjoy most and because they are two areas that I know the most aboutI am not a generalist dealer but I have been known to list a small percentage of anything that looks interesting to me, fiction and non-fiction, to bring new customers to my site.
Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- PC
- Partially chipped (dustjacket)
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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