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Killer's Wedge
by McBain, Ed
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good
- Seller
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Near Fine book with soft spine ends and light edge wear that leaves some of underlying brown showing, pages age toned as is typical with this title; in a Good dust jacket that has light edge and corner wear, some loss of color edges and fold, wrinkles at spine ends with slight closed tears and minor chipping, soiled and rubbed with slight sun fade to spine. Strong sun has yellowed portions of front panel and flap. Price $2.95 present bottom corner front flap. This first book under McBain name and also the first 87th Precinct mystery. This copy has a bookplate signed by McBain laid-in.
Details
- Bookseller
- Squid Ink Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- biblio6580
- Title
- Killer's Wedge
- Author
- McBain, Ed
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st printing with signed BP
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- US
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- Mystery
Terms of Sale
Squid Ink Books
Payment in USD. Sales tax will be added to sales to AZ residents. Established customers will be invoiced. Books may be returned for any reason, with return condition as per shipped. If you order a book from us you will receive it, or be given a full refund. We don't ask you to pay extra for insurance to protect us. All books shipped with mylar dust jacket protectors, well-packed, in boxes.
About the Seller
Squid Ink Books
Biblio member since 2008
Tucson, Arizona
About Squid Ink Books
We sell collectible books and first editions, mostly modern or hyper-modern titles, many signed, via the internet, by catalogue mailings, and by appointment at our book casita in Tucson, Arizona.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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