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The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith
by Schenkar, Joan
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0312303750
- ISBN 13
- 9780312303754
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
St. Martin's Press, 2009. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. A FIRST EDITION, Second Printing, from 2009, this thick (684 pages + 16 pages of black-and-white photos) hardcover small 4to has matte black cloth over boards lettered in shiny blue to spine. Condition is Near Fine: as clean & bright & tight as new save for a tad of rubbing to top edge of front boards, Else, virtually flawless in an equally Fine, unclipped DJ. Orig. published in , this is a reprint/book club/the first printing from (First, thus). With cloth-covered boards lettered in to spine, this hardcover 8vo is in condition: very clean, binding straight & strong, pages off-white, with age-appropriate tanning, heavier to edges & endpapers. Rubbing to extremities, bumped corners & spine tips. The unclipped DJ (with orig. price intact) is , with edgewear, small chips, short tears nicely protected in new clear mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Seller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 022009
- Title
- The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith
- Author
- Schenkar, Joan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 2nd Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0312303750
- ISBN 13
- 9780312303754
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- MYSTERY THRILLER BIOGRAPHY LESBIAN LGBTQ AUTHORS WRITERS WOMEN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery-Thriller-Suspense-Horror; Autobiography-Biography-Journals-Letters;
Terms of Sale
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Gargoyle Books
Biblio member since 2006
La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
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