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Shame the Devil
by Pelecanos, George
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0316695238
- ISBN 13
- 9780316695237
- Seller
-
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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About This Item
New York: Little Brown & Co, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 299pp. Octavo [24 cm] Hardbound, with black paper spine and gray paper-covered boards. Very good. The covers and text block edges are lightly foxed. The dust jacket is in very good condition as well. The rear panel is lightly rubbed. Signed by Pelecanos on the title page.
Synopsis
Shame the Devil is a 2000 crime novel written by George Pelecanos. It is set in Washington DC and focuses on a botched robbery and its consequences. It is the last of four books comprising the D.C. Quartet. The other books in this series are The Big Blowdown, King Suckerman, and The Sweet Forever.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34765
- Title
- Shame the Devil
- Author
- Pelecanos, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0316695238
- ISBN 13
- 9780316695237
- Publisher
- Little Brown & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Salt Lake City, Utah
About Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Ken Sanders Rare Books is a full service antiquarian bookshop in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. We carry an ever-changing inventory of art, ephemera, maps, photography, and postcards in addition to a vast selection of used and rare books along with a few new books. We actively purchase and appraise books in all fields.
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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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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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