The Busy Body
by Donald Westlake
- Used
- Very Good
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1966. Book Club Edition. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Random House, 1966. Book Club Edition. Signed by the author without inscription on the title page. Illustrated dust jacket with book club edition stated. Book is bound in orange boards with spine stamped in black. Dust jacket toned with a small dampstain along the top front, a clean inch tear along front flap fold at bottom, and some rubbing along edges. Book is very slightly rolled, with light wear to spine ends. A few pages toward middle lightly creased in fore-edge margin. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.
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Details
- Seller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 4400
- Title
- The Busy Body
- Author
- Donald Westlake
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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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...
- Rolled
- rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
- 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.
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...