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The Lake of Darkness
by Rendell, Ruth
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0385170262
- ISBN 13
- 9780385170260
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Doubleday, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First U.S. Edition. A Very Good copy in a Good dustjacket. Book has shelfwear, soiling to covers and edges of text block, edgewear, and toning to pages; DJ has shelfwear, edgewear, severely bumped corners, chipping to top and bottom of spine, creases, toning, soiling, and dampstaining to the rear cover. Interior is tight, clean, and unmarked. 8vo. - over 7¾' in - 9¾' in.
Synopsis
Martin Urban is a quiet bachelor with a comfortable life, free of worry and distractions. When he unexpectedly comes into a small fortune, he decides to use his newfound wealth to help out those in need. Finn also leads a quiet life, and comes into a little money of his own. Normally, their paths would never have crossed. But Martin's ideas about who should benefit from his charitable impulses yield some unexpected results, and soon the good intentions of the one become fatally entangled with the mercenary nature of the other. In the Lake of Darkness, Ruth Rendell takes the old adage that no good deed goes unpunished to a startling, haunting conclusion.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 620345
- Title
- The Lake of Darkness
- Author
- Rendell, Ruth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385170262
- ISBN 13
- 9780385170260
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- WHAR.865, , , , , , , ,
Terms of Sale
Arundel Books of Seattle
7-day return only if not as described (you must notify us immediately on upon receipt of any problem). We pack carefully.
About the Seller
Arundel Books of Seattle
Biblio member since 2005
Seattle, Washington
About Arundel Books of Seattle
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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....
- 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....
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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