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Tales of the Peculiar
by Ransom Riggs
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0399538534
- ISBN 13
- 9780399538537
- Seller
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Carrollton, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Green boards with white writing and gold images on spine; book is not issued with dust jacket.Black sewn-in bookmark; title of book in white and leaves, branches, and thorns embossed in gold on front board. Top and bottom of book spine slightly rumpled; tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition.
Dutton Books First Edition; First Printing as indicated by complete number line ending in "1" on copyright page (true copyright page appears as colophon page at end of book). Signed by author on half-title page.
Riggs' collection of short stories that have occurred over hundreds of years to the characters in the Peculiar universe. Hardcover not issued with dust jacket, so therefore cannot be protected by archival Mylar cover.
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- Bookseller
- Sherlock Joe's Book Hunting
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RIGGS002
- Title
- Tales of the Peculiar
- Author
- Ransom Riggs
- Illustrator
- Andrew Davidson
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0399538534
- ISBN 13
- 9780399538537
- Publisher
- Dutton Books For Young Readers
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 2016-09
- Pages
- 160
- Keywords
- ransom riggs; tales of the peculiar; signed
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Fantasy; Young Adult; Signed / Inscribed;
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I will also gladly search for and offer well-priced books of all kinds. If there's something you'd love to have, either send me a message here or go to https://cases.sherlockjoes.com and Open a Case!
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- Number Line
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- Leaves
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
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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....
- Colophon
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