U.S.A: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1993. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. Clean and unmarked red boards with quarter dark blue cloth, stamped in silver on spine, with slight rubbing of spine heel. Glossy red dust jacket. Tight and solid binding, square with sharp corners. Internals as new. Clean and unmarked jacket with slight wear to extremities. 231 pages. 5.6 x 8.5 inches. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1993.

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Bookseller: The Parnassus BookShop (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 019967
Title: A Hovering of Vultures
Author: BARNARD, ROBERT
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
ISBN 10: 0684196255
ISBN 13: 9780684196251
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Place of Publication: U.S.A
Date Published: 1993
Size: 8vo - over 7
Keywords: MYSTERY, BRITISH; CRIME; MURDER; FORGERY; FRAUD; LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS;
Bookseller catalogs: Fiction. Mystery, British & Other Countries;
X weight: 0 oz

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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....
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Heel: The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.