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Finnegan's Week
by Joseph Wambaugh
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/very good +
- ISBN 10
- 0688128017
- ISBN 13
- 9780688128012
- Seller
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Gridley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1993. First Edition. 1/4 cloth . Fine/very good +. A fine first edition in a very good plus dustjacket. Appears unread. Blue quarter cloth over red paper boards. Gilt title stamping on spine. Pages are clean and bright. Dustjacket is unclipped and sticker residue. 348 pp. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 inches tall, medium octavo. Seeking two truckers hauling a drum of lethal chemicals, San Diego detective Finbar Finnegan joins forces with two strong-willed female cops to investigate a deadly toxic waste scam." -Google books “A frolic, a joy, a hoot, a riot of a book.”—The New York Times Book Review/Penguin Random House “Raunchy and often hilarious . . . [Joseph] Wambaugh is at the top of his form here.”—Publishers Weekly/Penguin Random House
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- Bookseller
- Uncommon Works
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 888
- Title
- Finnegan's Week
- Author
- Joseph Wambaugh
- Format/Binding
- 1/4 cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0688128017
- ISBN 13
- 9780688128012
- Publisher
- William Morrow and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- Novel
- Bookseller catalogs
- Bestseller Firsts;
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About the Seller
Uncommon Works
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Gridley, California
About Uncommon Works
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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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