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Agent in Place
by Helen MacInnes
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Near Fine
- Seller
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Milwaukie, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York - London : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976. Book Club Edition . Hardcover. Good/Near Fine. 5 3/4 x 8 1/2. 3045 pages, unmarked. There is a slight amount of age toning to the page edges and endpages. The blue boards have some rubbing. The dust jacket, now in new Brodart, has only two small chips on its edges and the spine is slightly darkened.
Synopsis
Helen MacInnes (1907-1985) was the Scottish-born American author of 21 spy novels. Dubbed “the queen of spy writers”, her books have sold more than 25 million copies in the United States alone and have been translated into over 22 languages. Several of her books have been adapted into films, such as Above Suspicion (1943), with Joan Crawford, and The Salzburg Connection (1972).
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Details
- Seller
- You Little Dickens
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 052812a0262
- Title
- Agent in Place
- Author
- Helen MacInnes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
- Place of Publication
- New York - London
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- General
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
You Little Dickens
Biblio member since 2014
Milwaukie, Oregon
About You Little Dickens
I retired in late 2011 and have been selling vintage and antique books from my home in Muncy, Pennsylvania.
Glossary
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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....
- 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...
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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