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ORIGINAL SIN by JAMES, P. D
- Bookseller: M. Kettner and Son, Booksellers
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 002956
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Good Plus
- Jacket condition: Very Good Plus
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0679438890
- ISBN 13: 9780679438892
- Publisher: Knopf
- Place: NY
- Date published: 1995
- Size: 6.75 x 9.5 x 1.75 inches
- Weight: 1.85 pounds
Description
NY: Knopf, 1995. 416 pp. First American edition. Black paper boads, black cloth spine with gilt stamping on cover and spine. An Adam Dalgliesh mystery. Author's 13th book. Signature appears on title page. Spine cocked. Dj with light to medium wear on upper edge.. Signed by Author. Quarter-Bound. Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 6.5" x 9.5".
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
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. Also known as the back.
cocked : Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not align when the book is lying flat. Severity may differ.
gilt : Decorative patterns imbedded into the affected portion of a book. Often appears on the boards or the spine, and may be very simple, to elegant, to ludicrous.
title page : A page where the title of the book, the author's name and publication information usually appear.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
Book summary
Gerard Etienne, the new managing director of the venerable publishing house, The Peverell Press, is a hated man. He is spurned by many including a rejected mistress, a rejected author, resentful employees, and an editor who may have committed suicide. When Adam Dalgliesh investigates Etienne's bizarre death, he finds that it is only the beginning of a far deeper mystery.
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