New York: Signet, 1952. First Thus. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 7" tall pocket paperback with glued binding. Outside page edges dyed red. Bumping along edges and corners of cover. Creasing to bottom front corner. Rubbing and general shelf wear to cover. Cover in Good or better condition. Signet #919; Cmplete and Unabridged. Stated First Printing, Jan, 1952. Pages are tight; clean/unmarked. 192 pages. The cover shows a bit of wear but the interior pages are in Fine or better condition. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

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Bookseller: Village Books and Music (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1903006
Title: The Delicate Prey and Other Stories
Author: Bowles, Paul
Format/Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Thus.
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Signet
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1952
Bookseller catalogs: Mystery/Suspense/Horror;

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Independent bookstore in Southern Oregon selling used books of all ages. Over 60,000 in stock; only a fraction listed online. Large selection of Oregon history, signed First editions, collectible children's books.

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Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
Mass Market: Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...
12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...