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The Serpent Under It
by Taylor, Edith
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- near fine: slightest signs of shelf wear, else clean, tight, square. inscribed by author on FFEP: "dear Dorothy, with happy memo/near fine: in protective brodart cover, NOT price clipped ($5.95)
- ISBN 10
- 0393086739
- ISBN 13
- 9780393086737
- Seller
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
WW Norton & Company, 1973. first edition. hardcover. near fine: slightest signs of shelf wear, else clean, tight, square. inscribed by author on FFEP: "dear Dorothy, with happy memories of Seminary day and hopes for many future reunions With love from Edith June, 1973" and flat signed by author on title page./near fine: in protective brodart cover, NOT price clipped ($5.95). 8vo 256pp. from front flap: "Set on an imaginary campus in Berkshire County, this literate mystery involves members of the English faculty, their families and their students, as well as a group of dedicated gardeners and two Siamese cats (appropriately named Beatrice and Benedick, since where they are there is always "much ado about nothing"). Anne Redmond, a sprightly, charming, and intuitive heroine, leads the reader through a maze of characters and events as bizarre as they are plausible. A remarkably gripping mystery of style, wit, and polish ensues." #00744.
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- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 661
- Title
- The Serpent Under It
- Author
- Taylor, Edith
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - near fine: slightest signs of shelf wear, else clean, tight, square. inscribed by author on FFEP: "dear Dorothy, with happy memo
- Jacket Condition
- near fine: in protective brodart cover, NOT price clipped ($5.95)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- ISBN 10
- 0393086739
- ISBN 13
- 9780393086737
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Company
- Place of Publication
- Ny
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- first edition, mystery, fiction
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About the Seller
Matthew's Books LLC
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Chattanooga, Tennessee
About Matthew's Books LLC
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- Title Page
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- Shelf Wear
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- Inscribed
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- A.N.
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- Brodart
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