New, Improved Murder (Signed)
by Gorman, Edward
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good+
- Seller
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Madison, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. Signed. Hardcover. Octavo. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. 180 pp. Fine / Very Good+. Stated "First Edition" showing full number line. Association copy. Signed by author on front free endpaper with inscription to science fiction and mystery writer Joe L. Hensley, "To Joe Hensley - One of my favorite writers and human beings. Best, Ed Gorman, Dec '85". Dust jacket intact, showing price of $12.95. Black cloth on board, stamped metallic red lettering to spine. Very slight bump to head of spine, else Fine. Text block clean, tight, unmarked, crisp. Dust jacket rubbed at head and tail of spine with small crease at top of front panel. Dust jacket now in archival protective cover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0000037
- Title
- New, Improved Murder (Signed)
- Author
- Gorman, Edward
- Format/Binding
- Black cloth on board
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- St. Martin’s Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985
- Pages
- 180
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
About the Seller
Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
About Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Jacket
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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....
- Association Copy
- An association copy is a copy of a book which has been signed and inscribed by the author for a personal friend, colleague, or...
- 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...
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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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