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HALF OF PARADISE
by Burke, James Lee
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good/Very good
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Signed by James Lee Burke on the title page. The first book by the Edgar Award-winning writer best known for his Dave Robicheaux series of mystery novels. Octavo. Original light brown cloth binding, with dark brown and white stamping. A few tiny nicks along the bottom edge of the boards; else an especially crisp, very good or better copy in a very good dust jacket with some minor shelfwear.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75096
- Title
- HALF OF PARADISE
- Author
- Burke, James Lee
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- Mystery, Dave Robicheaux, Crime Fiction
Terms of Sale
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Established in 1981, johnson rare books & archives is located in the heart of downtown Covina, about 20 miles east of Los Angeles. Our shop is currently open by appointment Thursday - Saturday from 11am - 6pm (please call ahead) and houses an inventory of some 30,000 titles, ranging from the general second-hand to the truly antiquarian. For more information, visit our website at www.johnsonrarebooks.com or call 1-626-967-1888.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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