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The Dame
by Stark, Richard [Westlake, Donald]
- Used
- Fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/near fine
- Seller
-
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1969. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Fine/near fine. Signed first edition of The Dame, inscribed with both the author's pseudonym, Richard Stark, and his official name, Donald Westlake.. Octavo, 183pp. Gray cloth with title in red on spine. Stated "First Printing" on copyright page. In the publisher's dust jacket, $4.50 retail price on front flap, near fine with light shelf wear. Inscribed on the title page: For Steve --- with pleasure / Donald Westlake aka Richard Stark." A rare example of an author signing both their pen name and real name on one page.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15235
- Title
- The Dame
- Author
- Stark, Richard [Westlake, Donald]
- Illustrator
- Signed first edition of The Dame, inscribed with both the author's pseudonym, Richard Stark, and his official name, Donald Westl
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- westlake, westlake first edition, god save the mark westlake, the grifters westlake, signed westlake, donald e westlake first edition
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About the Seller
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- Inscribed
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- Spine
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- Fine
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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...
- First Edition
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- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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