A VERY PRIVATE PLOT: a Blackford Oakes Novel
by Buckley, William F., Jr
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Collectible-Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0688127959
- ISBN 13
- 9780688127954
- Seller
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Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1994. 272 pages. First printing of the tenth Blackford Oakes thriller. SIGNED by the author, without inscription, on a tipped-in leaf for members of Kroch's & Brentano's First Edition Circle, whose bookmark is laid in. The unread book is clean and tight, with some foxing on edges of the text-block. The dust jacket is clean, bright and crisp, with light fading along the spine.. SIGNED. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible-Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- W1725
- Title
- A VERY PRIVATE PLOT: a Blackford Oakes Novel
- Author
- Buckley, William F., Jr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible-Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0688127959
- ISBN 13
- 9780688127954
- Publisher
- William Morrow and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- Mystery
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mysteries and Thrillers; Autographs and Signed Books;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
We hold books only for firm orders. Books may be returned within 7 days of receipt for refund of purchase price. We pay shipping costs only if we have made a significant error in description.
About the Seller
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Biblio member since 2004
Williamsburg, Virginia
About Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Our office, located in historic Williamsburg, Virginia, is open by appointment or by chance. We are antiquarian booksellers who buy and sell carefully selected books for collectors and researchers in many genre. We also sell important autographs and photographs as well as original art, including wood engravings by Winslow Homer and J. J. Lankes; lithographs by Miró, Matisse, Calder, Wengenroth, and others; and works from the American Etching Revival. You can reach us by telephone: (757)378-5400; or by email: twbooks1@cox.net.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- Edges
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- Jacket
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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....