Omnibus; Unnatural Causes, Shroud for a Nightingale, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
by James, P.D
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0571118518
- ISBN 13
- 9780571118519
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Faber and Faber, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Very Good in a Near Fine jacket, clipped. Red boards with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound with toned paged, foxed at the edges, clean otherwise. An omnibus of three early James novels, two featuring Adam Dalgliesh and the other Cordelia Gray.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5607
- Title
- Omnibus; Unnatural Causes, Shroud for a Nightingale, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
- Author
- James, P.D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0571118518
- ISBN 13
- 9780571118519
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- Detective Fiction, Crime Fiction, Mystery Fiction
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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Woodstock, Illinois
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...