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The Defector
by Anthony, Evelyn
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0091429501
- ISBN 13
- 9780091429508
- Seller
-
Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
London, England: Hutchinson Publishing, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Third Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. "The Defector" is considered one of the finest novels Evelyn Anthony has ever written. Conflict of loyalties and passions sensitively handled, suspense and emotion entwined, a tense and sophisticated story of espionage Bound in red cloth with gilt titles, very clean and unmarked, edges slightly rubbed, tight & solid binding, top edge of page block lightly foxed, other edges clean and white. Pages very clean and free from any markings, faintly toned. Red and black jacket with illustration by Allan Manham is clean and unmarked with a touch of wear along top edge. 368 pages. 8.75 x 5.5 inches. Hutchinson Publishing, London, England, 1980.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021809
- Title
- The Defector
- Author
- Anthony, Evelyn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0091429501
- ISBN 13
- 9780091429508
- Publisher
- Hutchinson Publishing
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1980
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- SPIES ESPIONAGE KGB ENGLISH COUNTRY HOUSE WILTSHIRE DEFECTOR RUSSIA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction. Spy Espionage;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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About the Seller
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Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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