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Heaven's Prisoners
by Burke, James Lee
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0805006656
- ISBN 13
- 9780805006650
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Signed first edition of Heaven's Prisoners by James Lee Burke.. Octavo, 292pp. Black cloth, gray boards, title in silver on spine. Stated "first edition" on copyright page with full number line. Solid text block, appears unread, a near fine example. In the publisher's near fine dust jacket, $17.95 retail price on front flap, a small amount of shelf wear, a well-presenting example. This copy is signed by the author on the title page.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12078
- Title
- Heaven's Prisoners
- Author
- Burke, James Lee
- Illustrator
- Signed first edition of Heaven's Prisoners by James Lee Burke.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0805006656
- ISBN 13
- 9780805006650
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- first edition burke, signed by Burke, James Lee Burke, The Neon Rain Burke, the neon rain, Half of Paradise Burke, half of paradise
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- Fine
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- Text Block
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- Cloth
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- Title Page
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