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The Matarese Circle
by Ludlum, Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0399900438
- ISBN 13
- 9780399900433
- Seller
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Charlotte Hall, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Putnam Pub Group, 1979. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A U.S. intelligence officer and a KGB agent--avowed enemies--must work together to stop a global threat. Stated first printing. No writing, marks, underlining, or bookplates save for a former owner's information on the front free endpaper. No remainder marks. Spine is tight and crisp. Boards are flat and true, if a bit cocked, and the corners are square. Spine has a moderate crevasse that can only be seen when the dust jacket is removed. Dust jacket is not price-clipped but does show some shelf wear as well as some browning to the edges of the jacket flaps and some chips to the upper back edge. This collectible, very good +, first edition/first printing copy is protected with an archival mylar dust jacket cover. Satisfaction guaranteed!
Synopsis
The Matarese Circle (1979) is a novel by Robert Ludlum.
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- Bookseller
- rarefirstscom
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000299
- Title
- The Matarese Circle
- Author
- Ludlum, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0399900438
- ISBN 13
- 9780399900433
- Publisher
- Putnam Pub Group
- Place of Publication
- E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1979
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
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- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- PUB
- Common abbreviation for 'published'
- 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"...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Remainder
- Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- 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...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- 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....
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