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THE POET AND THE MURDERER - A True Story of Literary Crime and the Art of Forgery
by Worrall, Simon
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0525945962
- ISBN 13
- 9780525945963
- Seller
-
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Dutton - Penguin Group, 2002. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (xv) 270 pp. Quarter-bound in black cloth on red boards; lettered in gilt on the spine; beige endpapers; headband. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. The Chapters are: The Poet and the Murderer; Emily Dickinson for Sale; A Riddle in a Locked Box; A Search for Truth; Auction Artifice; In the Land of Urim and Thummin; The Forger and His Mark; The Magic Man; The Art of Forgery; The Salamander Letter; Isochrony; The Myth of Amherst; The Oath of a Freeman; A Dirty Nasty Filthy Affair; The Kill Radius; Cracked Ink; Victims; A Spider in an Ocean of Air; and Homestead..
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Details
- Bookseller
- W. Fraser Sandercombe
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 222779
- Title
- THE POET AND THE MURDERER - A True Story of Literary Crime and the Art of Forgery
- Author
- Worrall, Simon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0525945962
- ISBN 13
- 9780525945963
- Publisher
- Dutton - Penguin Group
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- forged; forgery; gaslight; noir; pulp; hard boiled; police; whodunit; whodunnit; detection; investigation; intrigue; criminals; sleuth; suspense; thriller; murder; homicide; robbery; shooting; killing; guns; secrets; weird tales;
- Bookseller catalogs
- True Crime;
Terms of Sale
W. Fraser Sandercombe
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About the Seller
W. Fraser Sandercombe
Biblio member since 2004
Burlington, Ontario
About W. Fraser Sandercombe
We are primarily an Internet-only bookstore, selling on-line for over twenty-three years; our shop can, however, be visited by appointment through an e-mail. We specialize in First Editions and collectible books (and usually have around 500 signed editions in stock at any given moment) ranging through most of the genres: Fantasy; Horror; Science Fiction; Mysteries; and a good selection of Literature; Historical Adventure; History; Outdoors; True Crime; and Assorted Non-fiction. We stock roughly 9000 books and add to our catalogues regularly.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Headband
- A strip of colored material attached to the text block at the top of the spine of a hard cover book. The same treatment applied...
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