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Jeopardy
by Conte, Manfred
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
USA: William Sloane Associates, 1956. First US Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Hardback First US Edition,1956 (First Published in Germany). Hardcover Book in Good Condition w/o Jacket. A suspenseful novel about a young man left penniless by war; he becomes an adventurer and learns to survive by his wit and charm. He creates a work of art, a forgery of a 15th c engraving and presents it to a gallery whose owner is most delighted--he sees future promise here. Until the US Treasury gets wind of it and is on the trail. Black full cloth with gray titles on spine, rubbed with discoloration along bottom edge; corners and spine edges rubbed; rear botton edge scuffed spine heel and indentations along edge; square and solid. Rough cut. Pages quite clean and free from any markings, lightly toned. 214 pages. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. William Sloane Associates, New York, 1956.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019361
- Title
- Jeopardy
- Author
- Conte, Manfred
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First US Edition
- Publisher
- William Sloane Associates
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1956
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"
- Weight
- 0.63 lbs
- Keywords
- SUSPENSE; WAR; COUNTFEITER; ART FORGERY; US TREASURY; GALLERY;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction. Mystery, British & Other Countries;
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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...
- New
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- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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