The Westing Game
by Ellen Raskin
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0525423206
- ISBN 13
- 9780525423201
- Seller
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Uncasville, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
first edition first printing hardcover in dust jacket; prior owner blind stamp front free end paper, book plate shadow front paste-down; text unmarked, little dust/foxing to text block edge; tight bind; clean 1/4 cloth cover, vivid titling; thin fade at spine ends; dj edge wear: two short tears to front panel edges, little rub wear; flap price present; Newbery Medal emblem present front dj panel B03
Synopsis
The Westing Game is a novel by Ellen Raskin that was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1979. It has been adapted into a movie, released under both the names The Westing Game and Get a Clue. The sixteen heirs of magnate Sam Westing are called upon at the reading of his will to unravel the secret behind his untimely demise.
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- Bookseller
- DrPanglossBooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12365
- Title
- The Westing Game
- Author
- Ellen Raskin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- ISBN 10
- 0525423206
- ISBN 13
- 9780525423201
- Publisher
- Dutton Juvenile
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978-06-01
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- 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....
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- Plate
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- Tight
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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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...