Benefit Performance
by Richard Sale
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Good
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1946. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A very smart first edition of this exciting mystery from Richard Sale. First edition. An intense mystery following Kerry Garth, a movie star, who was staying in his mountain retreat when he heard about his own murder. Written by Richard Sale, an American screenwriter, pulp writer, and film director. In the original black cloth binding. Externally, very smart with the odd mark to the board. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also smart with light chipping and minor loss to the extremities. Sympathetic repairs made to the head and tail of the spine with tape. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Bookseller's stamp to the front pastedown. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 872T14
- Title
- Benefit Performance
- Author
- Richard Sale
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1946
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- Benefit Performance Sale Performance
Terms of Sale
Rooke Books
Books are sent on approval and may be returned in like condition for any reason within 14 days of receipt. Responsibility of return to be with the purchaser.
About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- First Edition
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