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Five Pieces of Jade
by Ball, John
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
-
Northfield, Minnesota, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1972. In his fourth appearance Virgil Tibbs investigates the ritual murder of an elderly Chinese importer, stabbed with a piece of jade. Spine ends gently bumped with a damp stain to the lower corner of the boards and text block. Jacket rubbed with light wear at the edges and corresponding damp stains to the lower corners. Price clipped, in Brodart.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- MLC Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 230406
- Title
- Five Pieces of Jade
- Author
- Ball, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1972
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery/Suspense/Thriller;
Terms of Sale
MLC Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
MLC Books
Biblio member since 2009
Northfield, Minnesota
About MLC Books
MLC Books has been selling online since 2006, with a heavy emphasis on vintage and collectible crime fiction, other fiction, and books related to Minnesota. A diverse general stock available as well.
Glossary
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- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
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