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Abracadaver
by Peter Lovesey
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0333135911
- ISBN 13
- 9780333135914
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
MacMillan, London, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. PETER LOVESEY. Abracadaver, London: Macmillan, 1983. Octavo, pp. 220, red boards with black lettering on spine. Lovesey's third mystery novel, set in the era of Victorian music halls, another case for Sgt. Cribb and Constable Thackeray. Condition of this book Top edge foxed, jacket moderately worn with a price clip and a repricing sticker on the front flap. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Crime Fiction; Britain/UK; Magic, Paranormal & Occult. ISBN: 0333135911. ISBN/EAN: 9780333135914. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55330. . 9780333135914
Synopsis
Peter Lovesey is the author of more than thirty highly praised mystery novels. He has been awarded the CWA Gold and Silver Daggers, the Cartier Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement, the Strand Magazine Award for Lifetime Achievement, the Macavity, Barry, and Anthony Awards, and many other honors. He lives in West Sussex, England.
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- Bookseller
- Rarities etc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55330
- Title
- Abracadaver
- Author
- Peter Lovesey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0333135911
- ISBN 13
- 9780333135914
- Publisher
- MacMillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Crime Fiction; Britain/UK; Magic, Paranormal & Occult. Unbranded ISBN: 0333135911 EAN: 9780333135914 Peter Lovesey Abracadaver
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Jacket
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