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The Garden of Weapons - signed without insciprtion by John Gardner
by Gardner, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0070228515
- ISBN 13
- 9780070228511
- Seller
-
Baldwinsville, New York, United States
Item Price
A$341.39A$307.25
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About This Item
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1981. First Edition & First Printing . Cloth-backed Paper Boards. Very Good Plus/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very Good, plus some, in a Near Fine jacket. See scans and description. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1981. First edition and first printing. Signed without inscription by the author on the title page. Octavo, 393 pp., black cloth-backed blue paper boards. Photo-pictorial jacket. Very good plus or better book, with some spine lean causing concordant moderate spine concavity as well, and a rub at the black part of upper front cover; jacket is externally Fine in mylar; on the inside of the jacket, there are two small patches of ink stain. See scans. A Gardner spy yarn of Brit Secret Service vs...hmmm...KGB ? Behind the Iron Curtain, when that was still an operative concept. Very scarce signed American first, with a "flat" signature (without inscription). See scans. L18n
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Details
- Bookseller
- Singularity Rare & Fine
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000250
- Title
- The Garden of Weapons - signed without insciprtion by John Gardner
- Author
- Gardner, John
- Format/Binding
- Cloth-backed Paper Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition & First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0070228515
- ISBN 13
- 9780070228511
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Book Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Pages
- 393
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Spy, Espionage, Thriller, KGB, Cold War Classics, Autographs, Espionage
Terms of Sale
Singularity Rare & Fine
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About the Seller
Singularity Rare & Fine
Biblio member since 2005
Baldwinsville, New York
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- Fine
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