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The Institute
by Cain, James M
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0884053512
- ISBN 13
- 9780884053514
- Seller
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The Woodlands, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Mason/Charter. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 0884053512 . "The novelist laureate of the crime of passion in America." -- Max Lerner. Ships same or next business day. Bookplate of noted collector, Rolland Comstock, on paste-down endpaper. Book's spine is slightly skewed, very light bumps on corners, small bumps on corners and both ends of spine. Pages are clean and tight. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. DJ has some edge wear, light creases on both ends of spine, tiny tear at spine head, flaps are lightly tanned. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 220 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Good Books In The Woods
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3557
- Title
- The Institute
- Author
- Cain, James M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0884053512
- ISBN 13
- 9780884053514
- Publisher
- Mason/Charter
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- 0884053512
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- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Jacket
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- Flap(s)
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- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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