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SECOND WIND
by Francis, Dick
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used - Like New/Like New
- ISBN 10
- 0399145621
- ISBN 13
- 9780399145629
- Seller
-
Southampton, New York, United States
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About This Item
Putnam Adult, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Like New/Like New. First Edition, First Printing (Full Number Line). Not price-clipped ($24.95 price intact). Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1999. Octavo. Purple cloth over teal boards stamped in purple with orange endpapers. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp with a few spots on top page ends. Dust jacket is like new. Signed by author on half title page. 293 pages. ISBN: 0399145621. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.
Synopsis
Dick Francis generally uses the world of horseracing as a context for the heroes of his novels, but this one leans toward the elements as the book opens with meterologist John Kettley struggling to survive being downed in a Caribbean storm at sea.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Southampton Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 91010
- Title
- SECOND WIND
- Author
- Francis, Dick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New Used - Like New
- Jacket Condition
- Like New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0399145621
- ISBN 13
- 9780399145629
- Publisher
- Putnam Adult
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
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Terms of Sale
Southampton Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Southampton Books
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Southampton, New York
About Southampton Books
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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....
- G
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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...
- 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"...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
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