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FADE TO BLACK: A Nero Wolfe Mystery
by Goldsborough, Robert
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0553070606
- ISBN 13
- 9780553070606
- Seller
-
Deerfield, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Bantam , (1990). first edition, first printing. hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo, red cloth covers over red boards, gilt spine titles. 213 pages. Book and dust jacket are in fine condition. Warmly inscribed by the author on the title page. 040407A
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000021100
- Title
- FADE TO BLACK: A Nero Wolfe Mystery
- Author
- Goldsborough, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition, first printing
- ISBN 10
- 0553070606
- ISBN 13
- 9780553070606
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (1990)
Terms of Sale
Alkahest Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Alkahest Books
Biblio member since 2012
Deerfield, Illinois
About Alkahest Books
Alkahest Books was established in1984. We started as an open shop on Central St. in Evanston, IL, and sold books there until 2002 and later were part of Chicago Rare Book Center which closed in 2017. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and IOBA and sell both online and at book fairs. International customers should ask for a shipping quote before ordering as the rates given are only for smaller books.
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Title Page
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- Inscribed
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...