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Booked to Die
by John Dunning
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0684193833
- ISBN 13
- 9780684193830
- Seller
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Carrollton, Texas, United States
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About This Item
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1992. SIGNED. 1st/1st. Like New - Unread. First edition, first printing with complete number line ending in 1. This unread book is tight and square with sharp corners and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or marks and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped ($19.95) with mild yellowing to bottom and top of flaps, otherwise bright, crisp, and Fine. INSCRIBED to an associate in Denver on the half-title page. Protected in a Brodart Mylar cover.
"To Stephanie
Who got this started in Denver.
Keep your chin up.
Best, John Dunning 1-30-92."
Stephanie was the organizer of a lecture in Denver on "Publishing Wars" and Dunning was the featured speaker. The salon was scheduled months in advance but not for a book signing. Serendipity granted that it fell within a few days of publication of "Booked to Die". Dunning's inscription references this fortunate coincidence. Denver, of course, is John Dunning's hometown and the setting for "Booked to Die."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Armadillo Alley Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4387
- Title
- Booked to Die
- Author
- John Dunning
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition / First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0684193833
- ISBN 13
- 9780684193830
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- mystery, john dunning signed, signed, books
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions; Signed Books;
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About the Seller
Armadillo Alley Books
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Carrollton, Texas
About Armadillo Alley Books
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- Brodart
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Bookplate
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- 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...
- First Edition
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Flap(s)
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
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