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The Second Lady
by Wallace, Irving
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0453003885
- ISBN 13
- 9780453003889
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: New American Library, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Presentation copy inscribed by editor Maryann Palumbo on the front endpaper. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($11.95), rubbed and bumped at the top edge. Black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, Palumbo's bookplate inside the front board, clean otherwise. Wallace's political thriller in which "sex becomes the ultimate secret weapon" to induce the U.S. president into revealing a national secret.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10228
- Title
- The Second Lady
- Author
- Wallace, Irving
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0453003885
- ISBN 13
- 9780453003889
- Publisher
- New American Library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Spy, Thriller, Politics, Government, Cold War, 20th Century Fiction, American Fiction, Modern Fiction
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
About Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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