The Bookman's Promise
by Dunning, John
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0743249925
- ISBN 13
- 9780743249928
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Scribner, 2004. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Scribner, 2004. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition, first printing (with full number line on copyright page) in clean unclipped dust jacket. Hardcover book in fine condition - dark blue boards with dark blue cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean. No names, writing or marks. 369 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A Cliff Janeway mystery novel that juxtaposes past and present as Denver ex-cop and bookman Cliff Janeway searches for a book and a killer. Woven into the story are interesting details of famous author and explorer Richard Burton's trip deep in to the troubled American South in 1860..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029373
- Title
- The Bookman's Promise
- Author
- Dunning, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- ISBN 10
- 0743249925
- ISBN 13
- 9780743249928
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- MYSTERY NOVEL, CRIME FICTION, FIRST EDITION, JOHN DUNNING, RICHARD BURTON, BOOKS ABOUT BOOK COLLECTING
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery/Crime; Books on Books/publishing;
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Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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About the Seller
Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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Stanley, New York
About Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- 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...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Price Clipped
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- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.