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Unnatural Death
by Dorothy L. Sayers
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1948. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1948. Ninth Impression. 188 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt letting to spine. Pages are lightly tanned with foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper and paste-down, with a few small nicks and rub marks along text block edge. Gutters are slightly cracked with binding exposed. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with slight corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Heavy tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened.
Synopsis
Unnatural Death is a 1927 mystery novel by Dorothy L. Sayers, her third featuring Lord Peter Wimsey. It has also been published in the United States as The Dawson Pedigree.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1689662058ADA
- Title
- Unnatural Death
- Author
- Dorothy L. Sayers
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz Ltd
- Date Published
- 1948
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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...
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