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Death Turns a Trick
by Julie Smith
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0802754821
- ISBN 13
- 9780802754820
- Seller
-
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
1st printing of 1st edition; inscribed by author. Near Fine hardcover in Very Good DJ. Green boards, gilt titles on spine. Bright, clean, square covers and spine; bumped at rear cover top fore corner; tightly bound; inscribed on title page 'For Kate | of Kate's -- | on the | second of | what I | hope will | be many | meetings - | Best - | Julie | 10/27/85'; bright, crisp, clean interior. DJ is clean and complete but for 1/4 inch chip at front cover tail edge; lightly scuffed; 1 inch thin scrape at front cover/spine joint. Inscription was to Kate Mattes, owner of a prominent Boston area bookstore.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Madden Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19199
- Title
- Death Turns a Trick
- Author
- Julie Smith
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0802754821
- ISBN 13
- 9780802754820
- Publisher
- Walker & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- COLLECTIBLE, COLLECTABLE, MURDER, POLICE, CRIME, DETECTIVES, WHODUNIT, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, WOMEN, JEWISH
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Mystery;
Terms of Sale
Madden Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Madden Books
Biblio member since 2011
Brattleboro, Vermont
About Madden Books
I am a book collector and seller with many years experience. My particular areas of interest are politics, history, law, economics, labor and sociology. I also collect and sell Vermont and New England books, pamphlets, ephemera and magazines. I have a large selection of mysteries and detective books. I have general stock of literature, sciences, arts, world and regional politics & history.
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- Spine
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Inscribed
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- 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...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
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