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The Deadly Silence
by Buse, Renée
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition (ex-library)/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Robert Hale, London, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition (ex-library)/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. acknowledgements, list of illustrations. The text is illustrated with the occasional black-and-white photograph. Black coloured boards with silver titles to the backstrip. Bumping to the backstrip and rubbing to the book edges. Browning to the textblock edges and age toning of the internal text. Offset tanning to the half title page and to the penultimate page. The top right-hand corner of the acknowledgements page is not cleanly cut, and that the overhang has become somewhat browned and there is a tear measuring 1.75 " into the body of the page. This is an ex-library – Police College Library, and stamps are present to the free front endpaper and on the occasional margin throughout the book. library pocket and due back page affixed to the rear free endpaper. The remains of library details to the lower backstrip edge. An early work on the narcotics trade in America. This is the first UK edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (11), 12-204, (4) pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Law & Criminal Studies; Narcotics; Inventory No: 0112228. .
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- Seller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 0112228
- Title
- The Deadly Silence
- Author
- Buse, Renée
- Illustrator
- Photographic
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition (ex-library)
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Robert Hale
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Federal bureau of narcotics, drugrunning, America, 1960s, policing Law & Criminal Studies; Narcotics; Photographic Unbranded Buse, Renée The Deadly Silence
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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- Jacket
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