AND BE A VILLAIN
by Stout, Rex
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 9997524853
- ISBN 13
- 9789997524850
- Seller
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Livonia, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Viking Press. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1948. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 9997524853 . ; Grey cover has modest wear to corners and spine caps but clean, bright, and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are heavily tone but clean and pristine. Although it states first printing on the copyright page (as book club editions commonly do even when not a true first edition) , it is not a first edition, as it is lacking the first edition points and a stated book club edition on DJ. Dust jacket is toned and worn with a couple of tiny chips but in good+ condition . DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ); 8.0 X 5.5 X 1.1 inches; 216 pages .
Synopsis
And Be a Villain (British title More Deaths Than One) is a Nero Wolfe detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by the Viking Press in 1948. The story was collected in the omnibus volumes Full House (Viking 1961) and Triple Zeck (Viking 1974).
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Details
- Seller
- Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 12551
- Title
- AND BE A VILLAIN
- Author
- Stout, Rex
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- ISBN 10
- 9997524853
- ISBN 13
- 9789997524850
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- Ny
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- 9997524853
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About the Seller
Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
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Livonia, Michigan
About Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- New
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