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A Surfeit of Lampreys
by Marsh, Ngaio
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- GD++/GD++/ND
- ISBN 10
- 0006168108
- ISBN 13
- 9780006168102
- Seller
-
Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 7th.* Date of Publication: 1984 (1961)* Publisher: Fontana/Collins.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers (different to that shown). No bumps or rubs. Slight shelf wear to edges, corners & tail of spine. Light creases to spine & hinge. GOOD+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp & tight. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text. Very slight colouration to page edges & margins. VG* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 284 pp. text. iv pp. publishers advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- A Roderick Alleyn mstery. The Lampreys were a peculiar family with much charm but no cash. They entertained their guests with charades - like rich Uncle Gabriel, who was always such a bore. The Lampreys thought if they jollied him up he would bail them out of poverty again. But Uncle Gabriel meets a violent end, and Chief Inspector Alleyn has to work out how he died.* This is a NEAR VG copy of with minor shelf & reading wear reducing it to GD+*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3219
- Title
- A Surfeit of Lampreys
- Author
- Marsh, Ngaio
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - GD++/GD++/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus, 7th. Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 0006168108
- ISBN 13
- 9780006168102
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- London UK 304
- Date Published
- 1994-07-11
- Bookseller catalogs
- Crime, Thrillers & Mystery;
- Size
- 16.6 x 10.8 x 2.2 cm
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- 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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.