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What Dread Hand Signed Christianna Brand
by Christianna Brand
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
UK: Michael Joseph, 1968. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. What Dread Hand Inscribed & Signed by Christianna Brand First Edition Michael Joseph 1968. A fine copy that appears unread. Contents and edges clean and unblemished, covers unmarked with no bumping or rubbing to corners. In like dust jacket that has no creasing, tears, fading or loss. Not price clipped. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by the author directly to ffep. "What Dread Hand" by Christianna Brand is a gripping murder mystery set in the heart of Oxford, where an atmosphere of academic rivalry is shattered by a series of brutal killings. Detective Inspector Cockrill is called in to investigate the baffling murders, each linked by eerie messages left at the crime scenes. Amidst a tangled web of deceit, jealousy, and hidden motives, the determined detective must unravel the dark secrets of the university town's inhabitants to unmask the elusive killer.
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- Bookseller
- Brought to Book Ltd
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007490
- Title
- What Dread Hand Signed Christianna Brand
- Author
- Christianna Brand
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1968
- Weight
- 1.43 lbs
- Keywords
- What Dread Hand Inscribed & Signed by Christianna Brand First Edition Michael Joseph 1968
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- Price Clipped
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- First Edition
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- Inscribed
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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