The Chalon Heads [SIGNED]
by Maitland, Barry
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine (+)/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1873567421
- ISBN 13
- 9781873567425
- Seller
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Long Beach, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Blakeney: Scorpion Press, 1998 326 pp.; HB. No. 31 of a very limited edition of only 85 numbered copies, bound from sheets of the first edition. Signed by author on registration page. Appreciation by HRF Keating. Pages: clean, bright, tight, green topstain, lt green eps; no defects. Cover: marbled green/brown boards, brown ersatz leather backstrip, gilt titles spine; no shelfwear or defects. Mylar cover. Fantastic condition, for the Maitland collector who has nearly everything.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Independent Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010928
- Title
- The Chalon Heads [SIGNED]
- Author
- Maitland, Barry
- Format/Binding
- 1/2 Leatherette
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine (+)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1873567421
- ISBN 13
- 9781873567425
- Publisher
- Scorpion Press
- Place of Publication
- Blakeney
- Date Published
- 1998
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- fiction, mystery, police procedural
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About the Seller
Independent Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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...