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Once a Spy
by Airth, Rennie
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0224019023
- ISBN 13
- 9780224019026
- Seller
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
London : Jonathan Cape, 1981. Book. Illus. by Bill Botten (dust jacket illustration). Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Small octavo. This one features a former spy who gets caught up in the repercussions of a much earlier operation, and "tells an engaging tale of smuggling, graft, blackmail and revenge" (a serving from four of the main thriller ingredients -- although murder, the boss of them all, also plays more than a minor role). Charcoal cloth w/gilt lettering/device to spine, 245 pages. Slightly cocked, lightly tanned, in dust jacket w/light edgewear, impressions, minor crease to top right corner of front flap, full-length vertical crease to edge of rear flap..
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- Bookseller
- Augustine Funnell Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019137
- Title
- Once a Spy
- Author
- Airth, Rennie
- Illustrator
- Bill Botten (dust jacket illustration)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0224019023
- ISBN 13
- 9780224019026
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1981
- Size
- Small octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- NOISBN, spy, spies, espionage, smuggling, smugglers, graft, blackmail, revenge, murder, autism, Berlin
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery--Suspense--Thriller (hardcover);
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Fredericton, New Brunswick
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- 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...
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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