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First Blood (Signed First UK Edition)
by Morrell, David
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0214668142
- ISBN 13
- 9780214668142
- Seller
-
Farmington, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
SIGNED, FIRST UK EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (stated "First published in Great Britain 1972" with no additional printings listed) London, Barrie & Jenkins. The British version was released the same year as the US book. Signed in my presence by the Author on the Title Page.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Dust Jacket shows light edge wear, very small chips at the top and bottom of the spine, not price clipped (£2.00), now protected in a Brodart protective cover. The Text is Clean, with no marks, top edge is sprayed green. Binding square but shows evidence of having been read. The boards have very light wear and a tiny bump on the lower front. Gilt lettering on the spine is bright, with no wear.
Laid in is a 2 by 3 ½ card signed by the author. The verso has a photo of the author with Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) on the movie set of the first Rambo film.
This is the author's first novel which was the basis of the 1982 Rambo film starring Sylvester Stallone as Vietnam veteran John Rambo
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Details
- Bookseller
- McInBooks, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3777 M611
- Title
- First Blood (Signed First UK Edition)
- Author
- Morrell, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Signed, First British Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0214668142
- ISBN 13
- 9780214668142
- Publisher
- Barrie & Jenkins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1972
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Rambo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Signed;
Terms of Sale
McInBooks, IOBA
I guarantee my books 100%. If you are dissatisfied for any reason, notify me for return directions. Return it in same condition sent, and I will gladly issue a full refund.
About the Seller
McInBooks, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Farmington, New Mexico
About McInBooks, IOBA
Welcome to McInBooks. I specialize in Modern Signed First Editions and other Fine Books.
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- 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...
- Spine
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- Title Page
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- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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