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Sleeping Beauty
by Macdonald, Ross
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394484746
- ISBN 13
- 9780394484747
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1973. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Small Octavo. 271 pp, stated First Edition, binding tight and square, pages clean and unmarked, 5.8" x 8.5" black cloth boards, gilt spine titles crisp, in illustrated DJ, unclipped, in acetate protector. Binding tight, with very slight protrusion on foreedge and corresponding forward lean. DJ with very slight edgewear at top esp spine. Pages unmarked, paper clean and well-preserved. .
Synopsis
Ross Macdonald died in 1983.
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009404
- Title
- Sleeping Beauty
- Author
- Macdonald, Ross
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394484746
- ISBN 13
- 9780394484747
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1973
- Size
- Small Octavo
- Keywords
- Lew Archer novel. Los Angeles setting - Southern California oil spill - Lennox family (fictitious) history
- Bookseller catalogs
- MYSTERY & SCIFI;
Terms of Sale
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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.
Glossary
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- First Edition
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