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Zero at the Bone
by Walker, Mary Willis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/Very Good (in mylar)
- ISBN 10
- 0312064950
- ISBN 13
- 9780312064952
- Seller
-
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
NY: Saint Martin's Press, 1991. although an ex-library copy, the jacket is in nice shape (bright, unfaded and clean with light edge chipping, wrinkling, rubbing and bumping) protected by brodart, with partial surface abrasion from the removal of one library sticker at the lower right hand front panel corner, and another at the base of the spine; the following library stamps/labels were found on the volume: stamped along top edge of text block; stamped on the title page below the author's name and above the publisher's imprint, and this stamp partially bleeds through to the verso of the leaf (the copyright page), not affecting any text; light library stamp along the lower margin of page 65. the binding has light shelf wear and bumped spine extremities, with NO library stickers affixed to the otherwise very clean cloth. binding is tight and straight.. First Edition/1st Prtg.. Hard Cover. Good+/Very Good (in mylar). 8vo - Over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Ex-Library, Hardcover.
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Details
- Seller
- Clausen Books, RMABA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 02265ZB
- Title
- Zero at the Bone
- Author
- Walker, Mary Willis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good (in mylar)
- Edition
- First Edition/1st Prtg.
- ISBN 10
- 0312064950
- ISBN 13
- 9780312064952
- Publisher
- Saint Martin's Press
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- Mystery
- Size
- 8vo - Over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Clausen Books, RMABA
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Colorado Springs, Colorado
About Clausen Books, RMABA
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- Rubbing
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Brodart
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- Title Page
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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