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BLACK BETTY
by Mosley, Walter
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0393036448
- ISBN 13
- 9780393036442
- Seller
-
Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York London: W. W. Norton & Company, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Fine. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over black boards, archival mylar-protected photographic black & red glossy dust jacket (unclipped) with circular photo of a black woman, 255 pages. Walter Ellis Mosley (born 1952) is an American novelist, most widely recognized for his crime fiction. He has written a series of best-selling historical mysteries featuring the hard-boiled detective Easy Rawlins. SIGNED & in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION internally & externally! No remainder marks. Slight rubbing to dust jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6185
- Title
- BLACK BETTY
- Author
- Mosley, Walter
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0393036448
- ISBN 13
- 9780393036442
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York London
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- Murder, robbery, attorney, missing persons, San Francisco, kidnapping, hippies, battlefields, Europe
Terms of Sale
Borg Antiquarian
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Remainder
- Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder...
- First Edition
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