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Fairweather Duck
by Dethier, Vincent G
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
-
Northfield, Minnesota, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Walker & Co, 1970. Lightly rubbed and bumped with corresponding wrinkles to the jacket. Spine cocked, pages tanned with a touch of foxing to the edges of the text block. Jacket spine sunned, in mylar. Inscribed by the author on the front free end paper. Newspaper article by Dethier laid in. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Inscribed By the Author. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Good/Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- MLC Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M110017
- Title
- Fairweather Duck
- Author
- Dethier, Vincent G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Walker & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
MLC 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
MLC Books
Biblio member since 2009
Northfield, Minnesota
About MLC Books
MLC Books has been selling online since 2006, with a heavy emphasis on vintage and collectible crime fiction, other fiction, and books related to Minnesota. A diverse general stock available as well.
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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...
- 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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