Boston: The Writer, Inc., 1966. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Small Octavo. ii + 149 pp, 12 titled chapters. Binding tight & square, pages clean and unmarked, paper well-preserved. Black cloth boards with little wear, gilt spine letters VG or better. Unclipped DJ in acetate protector, with light wear to extremities and 1" tear along fr lower forecorner edge. 5.75" x 8.1" boards..

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 008196
Title: Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction
Author: Highsmith, Patricia
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: The Writer, Inc.
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1966
Size: Small Octavo
Keywords: tecnique - notes on creating suspense - mood and pace - first draft
Bookseller catalogs: MYSTERY & SCIFI;

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West Side Book Shop, Located in downtown Ann Arbor, was established in 1975 by Jay Platt, a member of the ABAA. West Side Book Shop offers a wide selection of used and rare books.

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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...
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...
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...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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....