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Dancing Bear
by Crumley, James
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394521951
- ISBN 13
- 9780394521954
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Random House, 1983. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Octavo. 8vo. (8) 228 (4) pp. First Edition, 1983. Not Price Clipped. Faintly foxed text block, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6" x 8.5". Black half-cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine. Illustrated dj in acetate protector..
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7225
- Title
- Dancing Bear
- Author
- Crumley, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394521951
- ISBN 13
- 9780394521954
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- MYSTERY GENRE FICTION PRIVATE-EYE TRADITION NOVEL
- Bookseller catalogs
- MYSTERY & SCIFI;
- Size
- Octavo
Terms of Sale
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
West Side Book Shop, Located in downtown Ann Arbor, was established in 1975 by Jay Platt, a member of the ABAA. West Side Book Shop offers a wide selection of used and rare books.
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.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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