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The Black Marble
by Wambaugh, Joseph
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 044000523X
- ISBN 13
- 9780440005230
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Delacorte Press, 1978. First Edition, First Printing so stated with no additional printings indicated. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Black cloth over boards, gold gilt lettering on spine, aqua blue end papers. Book condition: Near Fine. Top staining is still nice light apricot color. Tips are sharp and square on bottom and just a tad bumped up top. The top and bottom of the spine are a bit bumped but not by much. Gilt lettering on spine is completely fresh and whole. Dust Jacket condition: Very Good. Crown of spine chipped. 1.5" closed tear and a 1" closed tear with a crease resultant to front panel. Front panel is v. lightly sunned. This book looks and feels great, Joseph Wambaugh is a very underrated writer, and The Black Marble may just be his best work of fiction (The Onion Field stands in a class of it's own). SIGNED boldly by author on the 2nd free endpaper in a very legible hand.
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Details
- Bookseller
- DuBois Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100784
- Title
- The Black Marble
- Author
- Wambaugh, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing so stated with no additional print
- ISBN 10
- 044000523X
- ISBN 13
- 9780440005230
- Publisher
- Delacorte Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- joseph wambaugh, police procedural
Terms of Sale
DuBois Rare Books
30 day return for any reason, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery when item is returned in condition it was received in. (We refund media mail costs only). International customers enjoy the same guarantee except they must pay return shipping unless the item was damaged in transit or grossly misdescribed.
About the Seller
DuBois Rare Books
Biblio member since 2009
New York, New York
About DuBois Rare Books
Dealing in fine, rare and odd books since 2009; collecting since forever.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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