The Queen's Head
by Marston, Edward
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0593016181
- ISBN 13
- 9780593016183
- Seller
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About This Item
London: Bantam Press, 1988. 1st UK edition. First Nicholas Bracewell Elizabethan Theatre mystery. Clean, tight copy, with just a hint of bumping to bottom right corner of front board; gilt printing on spine is sharp and bright. Dust jacket has some faint rubbing to panels and a tiny bit of shelf wear along edges; now in protective mylar cover. Original price of "£10.95 net" on bottom of front flap. Signed by the author on the title page.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- The Cat's Tale Used Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002212
- Title
- The Queen's Head
- Author
- Marston, Edward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0593016181
- ISBN 13
- 9780593016183
- Publisher
- Bantam Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- Mystery England Elizabethan Shakespeare Theatre
- Bookseller catalogs
- British Mysteries;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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