Asimov's Mysteries
by Asimov, Isaac
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Carmarthen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Rapp & Whiting. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. 1968. 1st UK Edn. Hardcover. Dark blue cloth bound boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. In the original publisher's decorated dustjacket, which is not price-clipped. There is wrinkling/creasing to the dustjacket covers, along with stain marks, shelf-wear and edg-wear to the dustjacket extremities. There is fading to the front bottom edge of the cloth boards and there are light (foxing) brown spots to the page fore-edges. There is sunning to the endpapers, otherwise there are NO inscriptions or other marks. (xi) + 228 pp. Overall, apart from the 'faults', as detailed above, this is a Tight and Secure, 'Very Good Minus' copy. "Dr Asimov has collected in this book thirteen of his mysteries together with an overall introduction and a commentary on each story." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 112604
- Title
- Asimov's Mysteries
- Author
- Asimov, Isaac
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st UK Edn
- Publisher
- Rapp & Whiting
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- Asimov's Mysteries, Science-fiction Mysteries;, The Singing Bell; The Talking Stone;, What's In A Name?; The Dying Night;, The Dust Of Death;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Sci-Fi/Fantasy;
Terms of Sale
Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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About the Seller
Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
Biblio member since 2006
Carmarthen
About Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
Retired Member of the P.B.F.A, and the WBA. In business for 42+ years to date, mainly working from home nowadays, and formerly exhibiting at Major London Book Fairs, and some Provincial ones within reach of the M4! View by Appointment ONLY Please, as I may be unavailable on the day you call. Happy to see customers but they have to be able to squeeze through the book aisles/piles! Unfortunately no wheelchair access. Currently only working part-time.
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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