The Return of Lieutenant Boruvka: A Reactionary Tale of Crime and Detection
by Skvorecky, Josef
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 039302928X
- ISBN 13
- 9780393029284
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
W W Norton & Co Inc, 1991-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4x0x7. W W Norton & Co Inc, 1991. First Edition, stated. Hardbound book. Book is in Very Good condition, barely visible shelfwear, boards are straight and clean with sharp corners, binding is tight as if unread, only blemish is faint foxing to text block. Dust jacket is in Very Good condition, faint rubbing to front and rear panels, otherwise free of visible handling or shelfwear.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Chaparral Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CHAPskvRET
- Title
- The Return of Lieutenant Boruvka: A Reactionary Tale of Crime and Detection
- Author
- Skvorecky, Josef
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 039302928X
- ISBN 13
- 9780393029284
- Publisher
- W W Norton & Co Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1991-01-01
- Size
- 4x0x7
- X weight
- 12 oz
Terms of Sale
Chaparral Books
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About the Seller
Chaparral Books
Biblio member since 2015
Portland, Oregon
About Chaparral Books
Chaparral Books is located across from Elephant's Deli on S Corbett Avenue in Portland. We have a well rounded collection of subjects, including an extensive core collection in Western Americana and Native American Literature including Western Writers.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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....