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Monkey On a Stick, Murder, Madness, and the Hare Krishnas
by Hubner and Gruson, John/Lindsey
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/Good
- Seller
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Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Orlando, Florida : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Cloth). Good Condition/Good. Octavo (standard book size). Several sections of black and white photos. The book deals with the crime prevalent in the American Hare Krishna movement and is infused with horror, suspense and is informed by extensive research. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 414 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact, but spine is slightly cocked. End papers fairly foxed and text pages browned on edges. Dust jacket has some foxing on the interior, some wear on edges and a closed tear. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Remainder mark in marker on bottom edge. . Edges tanned. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: True Crime; True Crime - Cults; ISBN: 0151620865. ISBN/EAN: 9780151620869. Main Picture: Front cover. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50880. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact, but spine is slightly cocked Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting End papers fairly foxed and text pages browned on edges Edges tanned
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- Bookseller
- Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50880
- Title
- Monkey On a Stick, Murder, Madness, and the Hare Krishnas
- Author
- Hubner and Gruson, John/Lindsey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Half Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Orlando, Florida
- Date Published
- 1988
- Pages
- 414
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- True Crime - Cults BZDB397 Hare Krishna, cults, murder, drugs, swami, religion, criminals, evil, investigative journals. True Crime; True Crime - Cults; Monkey On a Stick Murder Madness and the Hare Krishnas
- Size
- Octavo (standard book size)
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
Biblio member since 2020
Yungaburra, Queensland
About Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
Books sourced from all over the world adorn our shelves. We carry a general range of books, some 18,000, including fiction and non-fiction in all genres. We stock collectibles, rare and antiquarian and many out-of-print books. Lonely Planet described Spencer & Murphy Booksellers as "the best bookshop in the North" and we are known as a treasure trove of books and often as Aladdin's Cave of Books.
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- 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...
- 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.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Remainder Mark
- Usually an ink marking of some sort which indicates that the book was designated a remainder. In most cases, it can be found on...
- 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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