Man on a Short Leash
by Jacks, Oliver; AKA Kenneth Royce
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0812816846
- ISBN 13
- 9780812816846
- Seller
-
Northfield, Minnesota, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Stein and Day, 1974. A British spy is framed, branded a traitor, and sentenced to thirty years in prison. He has to escape to find who framed him, even if he has to rely on the Russians to spring him. First U.S. edition. Gently bumped with faded initials on the front end paper and one page corner creased. Jacket rubbed, spine a bit darkened with a 1" tear to the upper rear spine fold and the lower front spine fold. Printing offset on the spine so that it wraps around to the rear panel, publisher's price inked out with another prices stamped on the front flap, in Brodart. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- MLC Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 190220
- Title
- Man on a Short Leash
- Author
- Jacks, Oliver; AKA Kenneth Royce
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0812816846
- ISBN 13
- 9780812816846
- Publisher
- Stein and Day
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1974
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery/Suspense/Thriller;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
MLC Books
Biblio member since 2009
Northfield, Minnesota
About MLC Books
MLC Books has been selling online since 2006, with a heavy emphasis on vintage and collectible crime fiction, other fiction, and books related to Minnesota. A diverse general stock available as well.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- 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....
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...